破銅爛鐵
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See also: 破铜烂铁
Chinese
[edit]to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out |
copper | rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely |
iron | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (破銅爛鐵) | 破 | 銅 | 爛 | 鐵 | |
| simp. (破铜烂铁) | 破 | 铜 | 烂 | 铁 | |
| Literally: “broken copper and broken iron”. | |||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): po3 tung4 laan6 tit3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho-thùng-lan-thiet
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5phu-don-le-thiq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pòtónglàntiě
- Wade–Giles: pʻo4-tʻung2-lan4-tʻieh3
- Yale: pwò-túng-làn-tyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohtornglanntiee
- Palladius: потунланьте (potunlanʹte)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ län⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: po3 tung4 laan6 tit3
- Yale: po tùhng laahn tit
- Cantonese Pinyin: po3 tung4 laan6 tit8
- Guangdong Romanization: po3 tung4 lan6 tid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɔː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹ laːn²² tʰiːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho-thùng-lan-thiet
- Hakka Romanization System: po tungˇ lan tiedˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: po4 tung2 lan4 tiad5
- Sinological IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ tʰuŋ¹¹ lan⁵⁵ tʰi̯et̚²/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Wu
Noun
[edit]破銅爛鐵
- (literal) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects
- (idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless; junk
Synonyms
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