吹皺一池春水

See also: 吹皱一池春水

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	pond; reservoir	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	water; river
trad. (吹皺一池春水)		吹	皺	一	池	春	水
simp. (吹皱一池春水)		吹	皱	一	池	春	水

Etymology

Literally: a breeze causes ripples in the water of a spring-time pond

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuī zhòu yīchí chūn shuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄓㄡˋ ㄧ ㄔˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuī zhòu yīchí chūn shuǐ [Phonetic: chuī zhòu yìchí chūn shuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄓㄡˋ ㄧ ㄔˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuei jhòu yichíh chun shuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹ chou⁴ i¹-chʻih² chʻun¹ shui³
    • Yale: chwēi jòu yī-chŕ chwūn shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei jow ichyr chuen shoei
    • Palladius: чуй чжоу ичи чунь шуй (čuj čžou iči čunʹ šuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

吹皺一池春水

1. to make waves; to cause ripples; to have an impact; cause a stir

   • 盛大借休閑網游吹皺一池春水 [MSC, trad.]
     盛大借休闲网游吹皱一池春水 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006: Gameking staff, 盛大借休闲网游吹皱一池春水 (news article headline)

     Shèngdà jiè xiūxián wǎngyóu chuīzhòu yī chí chūnshuǐ [Pinyin]

     Shanda makes waves with casual web games