好花插在牛糞上

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	cow dung	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (好花插在牛糞上)		好	花	插	在	牛糞	上
simp. (好花插在牛粪上)		好	花	插	在	牛粪	上
Literally: “Pleasant flowers stuck into a pile of cow dung”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎo huā chāzài niúfèn shàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔㄚ ㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎo huā chāzài niúfèn shàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔㄚ ㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎo hua chazài nióufèn shàng
    • Wade–Giles: hao³ hua¹ chʻa¹-tsai⁴ niu²-fên⁴ shang⁴
    • Yale: hǎu hwā chā-dzài nyóu-fèn shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hao hua chatzay nioufenn shanq
    • Palladius: хао хуа чацзай нюфэнь шан (xao xua čaczaj njufɛnʹ šan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

好花插在牛糞上

1. Synonym of 一朵鮮花插在牛糞上／一朵鲜花插在牛粪上 (yī duǒ xiānhuā chā zài niúfèn shàng)