裝睡的人叫不醒

Chinese

Etymology

Literally, “one who pretends to sleep can't be awoken”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuāng shuì de rén jiào bù xǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāng shuì de rén jiào bù xǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuang shuèi de̊ rén jiào bù sǐng
    • Wade–Giles: chuang¹ shui⁴ tê⁵ jên² chiao⁴ pu⁴ hsing³
    • Yale: jwāng shwèi de rén jyàu bù syǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang shuey .de ren jiaw bu shiing
    • Palladius: чжуан шуй дэ жэнь цзяо бу син (čžuan šuj dɛ žɛnʹ czjao bu sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ d̥ə¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

裝睡的人叫不醒

1. (idiomatic) to refuse to realize the reality