錯把馮京當馬涼

Chinese

		mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong	handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	Feng Jing	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	Ma Liang
trad. (錯把馮京當馬涼)		錯	把	馮京	當	馬涼
simp. (错把冯京当马凉)		错	把	冯京	当	马凉
Literally: “to mistake the name Feng Jing as Ma Liang”.

Etymology

From a legend about the Song scholar Feng Jing, whose name was mistaken by the announcer of the imperial examination results.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuò bǎ Féng Jīng dāng Mǎ Liáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄚˇ ㄈㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄤ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co³ baa² fung⁴ ging¹ dong³ maa⁵ loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuò bǎ Féng Jīng dāng Mǎ Liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄚˇ ㄈㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄤ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuò bǎ Fóng Jing dang Mǎ Liáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴ pa³ Fêng² Ching¹ tang¹ Ma³ Liang²
    • Yale: tswò bǎ Féng Jīng dāng Mǎ Lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh baa Ferng Jing dang Maa Liang
    • Palladius: цо ба Фэн Цзин дан Ма Лян (co ba Fɛn Czin dan Ma Ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co³ baa² fung⁴ ging¹ dong³ maa⁵ loeng⁴
    • Yale: cho bá fùhng gīng dong máh lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso³ baa² fung⁴ ging¹ dong³ maa⁵ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co³ ba² fung⁴ ging¹ dong³ ma⁵ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³ paː³⁵ fʊŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³³ maː¹³ lœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

錯把馮京當馬涼

1. to confuse a person or a thing with other things

Synonyms

• 張冠李戴 / 张冠李戴 (zhāngguānlǐdài)