皮之不存,毛將焉附
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]leather; skin; fur | 's; him/her/it; this | not; no | exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive |
hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use |
where; how | to add; to attach; to be close to to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached | |||
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trad. (皮之不存,毛將焉附) | 皮 | 之 | 不 | 存 | , | 毛 | 將 | 焉 | 附 | |
simp. (皮之不存,毛将焉附) | 皮 | 之 | 不 | 存 | , | 毛 | 将 | 焉 | 附 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ , ㄇㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pí jhih bù cún, máo jiang yan fù
- Wade–Giles: pʻi2 chih1 pu4 tsʻun2, mao2 chiang1 yen1 fu4
- Yale: pí jr̄ bù tswún-, máu jyāng yān fù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi jy bu tswen, mau jiang ian fuh
- Palladius: пи чжи бу цунь, мао цзян янь фу (pi čži bu cunʹ, mao czjan janʹ fu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]皮之不存,毛將焉附
- "the skin is gone; where will the fur go?"; referring to the loss of crucial foundations
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