每日一蘋果，醫生遠離我

Chinese

		every day; daily	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	apple; iPhone		doctor; physician and surgeon; medical practitioner	to be far from; to keep away from; to stay out of	I; me
trad. (每日一蘋果，醫生遠離我)		每日	一	蘋果	，	醫生	遠離	我
simp. (每日一苹果，医生远离我)		每日	一	苹果	，	医生	远离	我

Etymology

Calque of English an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měirì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖˋ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ , ㄧ ㄕㄥ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měirì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ [Phonetic: měirì yì píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖˋ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ , ㄧ ㄕㄥ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měirìh yi píngguǒ, yisheng yuǎnlí wǒ
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-jih⁴ i¹ pʻing²-kuo³, i¹-shêng¹ yüan³-li² wo³
    • Yale: měi-r̀ yī píng-gwǒ-, yī-shēng ywǎn-lí wǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiryh i pyngguoo, isheng yeuanli woo
    • Palladius: мэйжи и пинго, ишэн юаньли во (mɛjži i pingo, išɛn juanʹli vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

每日一蘋果，醫生遠離我

1. an apple a day keeps the doctor away

Synonyms

• 一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我／一日一苹果，医生远离我 (yīrì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ)