吃棗藥丸
Chinese
eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
jujube | pill; tablet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (吃棗藥丸) | 吃 | 棗 | 藥丸 | |
| simp. (吃枣药丸) | 吃 | 枣 | 药丸 | |
Etymology
Pun on 遲早要完/迟早要完 (chízǎo yào wán).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): chīzǎoyàowán
- (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chīzǎoyàowán
- Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chihzǎoyàowán
- Wade–Giles: chʻih1-tsao3-yao4-wan2
- Yale: chr̄-dzǎu-yàu-wán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chytzaoyawwan
- Palladius: чицзаояовань (čiczaojaovanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Phrase
吃棗藥丸
- (neologism, slang) to be doomed one way or another