掉書袋

Chinese

		to drop; to fall	sack for holding books and documents; quotes from old texts
trad. (掉書袋)		掉	書袋
simp. (掉书袋)		掉	书袋
alternative forms		調書袋／调书袋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàoshūdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàoshūdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàoshudài
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-shu¹-tai⁴
    • Yale: dyàu-shū-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawshuday
    • Palladius: дяошудай (djaošudaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

掉書袋

1. to excessively quote classical texts to show off one's knowledge; to act pedantically

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 掉書袋 (“to excessively quote classical texts to show off one's knowledge”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		掉書袋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	掉書袋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	丟書包, 曬書櫃 dated
	Hong Kong	拋書包