小米加步槍

Chinese

		hulled grain of foxtail millet	to add; plus	rifle
trad. (小米加步槍)		小米	加	步槍
simp. (小米加步枪)		小米	加	步枪
Literally: “millet plus rifles”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomǐ jiā bùqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomǐ jiā bùqiāng [Phonetic: xiáomǐjiābùqiāng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomǐ jia bùciang
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mi³ chia¹ pu⁴-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: syǎu-mǐ jyā bù-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumii jia buhchiang
    • Palladius: сяоми цзя буцян (sjaomi czja bucjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

小米加步槍

1. (Mainland China, figuratively) few provisions and poor-quality equipment

   • 我們現在還沒有原子彈。但是，過去我們也沒有飛機和大炮，我們是用小米加步槍打敗了日本帝國主義和蔣介石的。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们现在还没有原子弹。但是，过去我们也没有飞机和大炮，我们是用小米加步枪打败了日本帝国主义和蒋介石的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen xiànzài hái méiyǒu yuánzǐdàn. Dànshì, guòqù wǒmen yě méiyǒu fēijī hé dàpào, wǒmen shì yòng xiǎomǐ jiā bùqiāng dǎbài le Rìběn dìguó zhǔyì hé Jiǎng Jièshí de. [Pinyin]

     We do not have the atom bomb yet. But neither did we have planes and artillery in the past. We defeated the Japanese imperialists and Chiang Kai-shek with millet plus rifles.