好白菜都讓豬拱了

Chinese

		good	napa cabbage	all	let	pig	to push with body	perfective aspect marker
trad. (好白菜都讓豬拱了)		好	白菜	都	讓	豬	拱	了
simp. (好白菜都让猪拱了)		好	白菜	都	让	猪	拱	了
alternative forms		好白菜都讓豬給拱了／好白菜都让猪给拱了 好白菜都被豬給拱了／好白菜都被猪给拱了 好白菜都被豬拱了／好白菜都被猪拱了 好白菜讓豬拱了／好白菜让猪拱了 好白菜被豬拱了／好白菜被猪拱了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎo báicài dōu ràng zhū gǒng le

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄡ ㄖㄤˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎo báicài dōu ràng zhū gǒng le
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄡ ㄖㄤˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎo báicài dou ràng jhu gǒng le̊
    • Wade–Giles: hao³ pai²-tsʻai⁴ tou¹ jang⁴ chu¹ kung³ lê⁵
    • Yale: hǎu bái-tsài dōu ràng jū gǔng le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hao bairtsay dou ranq ju goong .le
    • Palladius: хао байцай доу жан чжу гун лэ (xao bajcaj dou žan čžu gun lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kʊŋ²¹⁴ lə⁴/

Phrase

好白菜都讓豬拱了

1. (literally) All the good cabbage crops have been eaten or ruined by the pigs.
2. (figurative, humorous or derogatory) Those that of high quality have all been spoiled or taken by someone unfitting.
3. (figurative, humorous or derogatory, specifically) All the good(-looking) girls have been taken or ruined by the ugly men (or scumbags).

Usage notes

Note that the last meaning has a sexual undertone, since 拱 (gǒng) means “to push with the body (as by a pig)”, an action similar to those in intercourse.