厚古薄今
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[edit]generous; thick (for flat things) | ancient; old | thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now | ||
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trad. (厚古薄今) | 厚 | 古 | 薄 | 今 | |
simp. #(厚古薄今) | 厚 | 古 | 薄 | 今 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hòugǔbójin
- Wade–Giles: hou4-ku3-po2-chin1
- Yale: hòu-gǔ-bwó-jīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howguuborjin
- Palladius: хоугубоцзинь (xouguboczinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau5 gu2 bok6 gam1
- Yale: háuh gú bohk gām
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau5 gu2 bok9 gam1
- Guangdong Romanization: heo5 gu2 bog6 gem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯¹³ kuː³⁵ pɔːk̚² kɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]厚古薄今
- to set great store by the past but look down on the present