樹大有枯枝

Chinese

		tree	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	withered tree branch
trad. (樹大有枯枝)		樹	大	有	枯枝
simp. (树大有枯枝)		树	大	有	枯枝
Literally: “a large tree has withered branches”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù dà yǒu kūzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ daai⁶ jau⁵ fu¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù dà yǒu kūzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù dà yǒu kujhih
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴ ta⁴ yu³ kʻu¹-chih¹
    • Yale: shù dà yǒu kū-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh dah yeou kujy
    • Palladius: шу да ю кучжи (šu da ju kučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁶ daai⁶ jau⁵ fu¹ zi¹
    • Yale: syuh daaih yáuh fū jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ daai⁶ jau⁵ fu¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ dai⁶ yeo⁵ fu¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² taːi̯²² jɐu̯¹³ fuː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

樹大有枯枝

1. there will always bad people be among a community

Synonyms

• 林子大了，什麼鳥都有／林子大了，什么鸟都有 (línzi dà le, shénme niǎo dōu yǒu)