靴子落地
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]boot; leather shoe; dress shoe | to fall to the ground; to land | ||
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trad. (靴子落地) | 靴子 | 落地 | |
simp. #(靴子落地) | 靴子 | 落地 | |
Literally: “the shoe drops”. |
Etymology
[edit]From 等另一隻靴子落地, a calque of English wait for the other shoe to drop.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuezi̊h luòdì
- Wade–Giles: hsüeh1-tzŭ5 lo4-ti4
- Yale: sywē-dz lwò-dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiue.tzy luohdih
- Palladius: сюэцзы лоди (sjueczy lodi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Phrase
[edit]靴子落地
- Something that is anticipated but not fully certain happens.