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黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴
简 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 · 繁 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴Mandarin · pinyin huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
Meanings
- lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
- good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 黃
- huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
- 鐘
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- 譭
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- 棄
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- 瓦
- wǎ · tile; earthenware pottery; girl
- 釜
- fǔ · cauldron, pot, kettle
- 雷
- léi · thunder
- 鳴
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- 黄
- huáng · yellow; surname
- 钟
- zhōng · clock; bell
- 毁
- huǐ · destroy
- 弃
- qì · reject, abandon, discard
- 鸣
- míng · cry of bird or animal; make sound
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Mandarin tones
2–1–3–4–3–3–2–2 · huang2 zhong1 hui3 qi4 wa3 fu3 lei2 ming2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
wong4 zung1 wai2 hei3 ngaa5 fu2 leoi4 ming4
Cantonese word readings for 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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wong4 zung1 wai2 hei3 ngaa5 fu2 leoi4 ming4
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