外甥打燈籠——照舊
Appearance
See also: 外甥打灯笼——照旧
Chinese
[edit]sororal nephew; grandson | beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
Chinese lantern | ||||
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trad. (外甥打燈籠——照舊) | 外甥 | 打 | 燈籠 | —— | 照舊 | |
simp. (外甥打灯笼——照旧) | 外甥 | 打 | 灯笼 | —— | 照旧 | |
Literally: “nephew carries a lantern ― to be as before”. |
Etymology
[edit]照舊/照旧 (zhàojiù, “to be as before”) is a pun on the homophone 照舅 (zhào jiù, “to shine on one's maternal uncle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ , ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wàisheng dǎ denglóng, jhàojiòu
- Wade–Giles: wai4-shêng1 ta3 têng1-lung2, chao4-chiu4
- Yale: wài-shēng dǎ dēng-lúng-, jàu-jyòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waysheng daa denglong, jawjiow
- Palladius: вайшэн да дэнлун, чжаоцзю (vajšɛn da dɛnlun, čžaoczju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]外甥打燈籠——照舊
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