東家長西家短

See also: 东家长西家短

Chinese

		one who lives in the east; household living to the east	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop		lack; short
trad. (東家長西家短)		東家	長	西家	短
simp. (东家长西家短)		东家	长	西家	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngjiā cháng xījiā duǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngjiā cháng xījiā duǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongjia cháng sijia duǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-chia¹ chʻang² hsi¹-chia¹ tuan³
    • Yale: dūng-jyā cháng syī-jyā dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongjia charng shijia doan
    • Palladius: дунцзя чан сицзя дуань (dunczja čan siczja duanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

東家長西家短

1. to gossip about others