寶山空回

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	mountain; hill	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
trad. (寶山空回)		寶	山	空	回
simp. (宝山空回)		宝	山	空	回
Literally: “return empty-handed from a mountain of treasure”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoshānkōnghuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² saan¹ hung¹ wui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoshānkōnghuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoshankonghuéi
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-shan¹-kʻung¹-hui²
    • Yale: bǎu-shān-kūng-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoshankonghwei
    • Palladius: баошанькунхуэй (baošanʹkunxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² saan¹ hung¹ wui⁴
    • Yale: bóu sāan hūng wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² saan¹ hung¹ wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² san¹ hung¹ wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ saːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ wuːi̯²¹/

Idiom

寶山空回

1. to fail to benefit from a visit to a great master, a center of learning, etc.