不足為據

Chinese

		insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
trad. (不足為據/不足爲據)		不足	為/爲	據
simp. (不足为据)		不足	为	据

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzúwéijù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzúwéijù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzúwéijyù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsu²-wei²-chü⁴
    • Yale: bù-dzú-wéi-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzwuweijiuh
    • Palladius: буцзувэйцзюй (buczuvɛjczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ geoi³
    • Yale: bāt jūk wàih geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzuk⁷ wai⁴ goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zug¹ wei⁴ gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ kɵy̯³³/

Idiom

不足為據

1. cannot prove the point; to be insufficient evidence

   • 如果我們說，這是古代，不足為據，他們又可以搬出英滅印度的事實，證明小而強的資本主義國家能夠滅亡大而弱的落後國家。 [MSC, trad.]
     如果我们说，这是古代，不足为据，他们又可以搬出英灭印度的事实，证明小而强的资本主义国家能够灭亡大而弱的落后国家。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Rúguǒ wǒmen shuō, zhè shì gǔdài, bùzúwéijù, tāmen yòu kěyǐ bānchū Yīng miè Yìndù de shìshí, zhèngmíng xiǎo ér qiáng de zīběnzhǔyì guójiā nénggòu mièwáng dà ér ruò de luòhòu guójiā. [Pinyin]

     If we say these events occurred long ago and do not prove the point, they can cite the British subjugation of India to prove that a small but strong capitalist country can vanquish a large but weak and backward country.