冤大頭
See also: 冤大头
Chinese
| injustice; to wrong | big head; head mask | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (冤大頭) | 冤 | 大頭 | |
| simp. (冤大头) | 冤 | 大头 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuāndàtóu
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuandàtóu
- Wade–Giles: yüan1-ta4-tʻou2
- Yale: ywān-dà-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuandahtour
- Palladius: юаньдатоу (juanʹdatou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun1 daai6 tau4
- Yale: yūn daaih tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn1 daai6 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: yun1 dai6 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
冤大頭
- person who was ripped off; person deceived on account of his or her generosity; squanderer
- 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], chapter 55, in 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades]:
- 他是學醫生出身，有意是要開個藥房，自己順便掛個招牌行道，也是極平常的事。等到無端碰了這麼個冤大頭，一口便肯拿出十萬，他便樂得如此設施了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- Tā shì xué yīshēng chūshēn, yǒuyì shì yào kāi ge yàofáng, zìjǐ shùnbiàn guà ge zhāopái xíngdào, yě shì jí píngcháng de shì. Děng dào wúduān pèng le zhè me ge yuāndàtóu, yīkǒu biàn kěn ná chū shí wàn, tā biàn yuèdé rúcǐ shèshī le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
他是学医生出身，有意是要开个药房，自己顺便挂个招牌行道，也是极平常的事。等到无端碰了这么个冤大头，一口便肯拿出十万，他便乐得如此设施了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]