喧賓奪主

Chinese

		clamour; noise	visitor; guest	rob; snatch	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (喧賓奪主/諠賓奪主)		喧/諠	賓	奪	主
simp. (喧宾夺主)		喧	宾	夺	主
Literally: “the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānbīnduózhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄅㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹ ban¹ dyut⁶ zyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānbīnduózhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄅㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanbinduójhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-pin¹-to²-chu³
    • Yale: sywān-bīn-dwó-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanbindwojuu
    • Palladius: сюаньбиньдочжу (sjuanʹbinʹdočžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun¹ ban¹ dyut⁶ zyu²
    • Yale: hyūn bān dyuht jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹ ban¹ dyt⁹ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹ ben¹ düd⁶ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵ pɐn⁵⁵ tyːt̚² t͡syː³⁵/

Idiom

喧賓奪主

1. a minor issue takes precedence over a major one; a minor player upstages the main attraction

   • 商家抓住這一消費心理，在包裝上下功夫，甚至不惜喧賓奪主，讓月餅變了味、人情走了樣 [MSC, trad.]
     商家抓住这一消费心理，在包装上下功夫，甚至不惜喧宾夺主，让月饼变了味、人情走了样 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《经济日报》, 2022年09月12日, “轻装”月饼味更香

     Shāngjiā zhuāzhù zhè yī xiāofèi xīnlǐ, zài bāozhuāng shàng xià-gōngfū, shènzhì bùxī xuānbīnduózhǔ, ràng yuèbǐng biànlewèi, rénqíng zǒuleyàng [Pinyin]

     Merchants seize upon this consumer mindset, taking great care over the packaging, even allowing it to overshadow the main event, causing mooncakes to have changed their taste and human sentiment to have grown cold.