金眼科，銀外科

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	ophthalmology		silver; money	surgery
trad. (金眼科，銀外科)		金	眼科	，	銀	外科
simp. (金眼科，银外科)		金	眼科	，	银	外科

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn yǎnkē, yín wàikē

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄜ , ㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄎㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīn yǎnkē, yín wàikē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄜ , ㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jin yǎnke, yín wàike
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹ yen³-kʻo¹, yin² wai⁴-kʻo¹
    • Yale: jīn yǎn-kē-, yín wài-kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin yeanke, yn wayke
    • Palladius: цзинь янькэ, инь вайкэ (czinʹ janʹkɛ, inʹ vajkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ in³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵/

Phrase

金眼科，銀外科

1. (medicine) Describes the relatively relaxed lifestyle of ophthalmology and surgical doctors while having a good source of income.

Usage notes

Usually followed by other phrases highlighting the undesirable lifestyle of other specialties.

Compare the English parallelism: ROAD to riches ― radiology, ophthalmology, anaesthetics and dermatology.