拾人牙慧

Chinese

		pick up; ten (fraud-proof)	man; person; people
trad. (拾人牙慧)		拾	人	牙慧
simp. ^#(拾人牙慧)		拾	人	牙慧

Etymology

殷中軍云：康伯未得我牙後慧。 [MSC, trad.]
殷中军云：康伯未得我牙后慧。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 《世說新語•文學》

Yīn Zhōngjūn yún: Kāngbó wèi dé wǒ yá hòu huì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shírényáhuì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ jan⁴ ngaa⁴ wai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shírényáhuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhrényáhuèi
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-jên²-ya²-hui⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-rén-yá-hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrrenyahuey
  - Palladius: шижэньяхуэй (šižɛnʹjaxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jä³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ jan⁴ ngaa⁴ wai⁶
  - Yale: sahp yàhn ngàh waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ jan⁴ ngaa⁴ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yen⁴ nga⁴ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jɐn²¹ ŋaː²¹ wɐi̯²²/

Idiom

拾人牙慧

to plagiarize another’s opinion