斷鶴續鳧
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Chinese
[edit]to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly |
crane | continue; replenish | wild duck; to swim | ||
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trad. (斷鶴續鳧) | 斷 | 鶴 | 續 | 鳧 | |
simp. (断鹤续凫) | 断 | 鹤 | 续 | 凫 | |
alternative forms | 續鳧斷鶴/续凫断鹤 | ||||
Literally: “to shorten the legs of a crane and lengthen those of a wild duck”. |
Etymology
[edit]From the book Zhuangzi:
- 長者不為有餘,短者不為不足,是故鳧脛雖短,續之則憂,鶴脛雖長,斷之則悲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Cháng zhě bù wéi yǒuyú, duǎn zhě bù wéi bùzú, shìgù fú jìng suī duǎn, xù zhī zé yōu, hè jìng suī cháng, duàn zhī zé bēi. [Pinyin]
- What is long should not be considered too long, nor what is short too short. A duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.
长者不为有余,短者不为不足,是故凫胫虽短,续之则忧,鹤胫虽长,断之则悲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄜˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄈㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: duànhèsyùfú
- Wade–Giles: tuan4-ho4-hsü4-fu2
- Yale: dwàn-hè-syù-fú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannhehshiuhfwu
- Palladius: дуаньхэсюйфу (duanʹxɛsjujfu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹ fu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dyun6 hok6 zuk6 fu4
- Yale: dyuhn hohk juhk fùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dyn6 hok9 dzuk9 fu4
- Guangdong Romanization: dün6 hog6 zug6 fu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tyːn²² hɔːk̚² t͡sʊk̚² fuː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]斷鶴續鳧
- (figurative) to go against nature
Descendants
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