泥菩薩落水
Chinese
restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp |
bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person | to fall into the water; to sink into depravity | ||
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| trad. (泥菩薩落水) | 泥 | 菩薩 | 落水 | |
| simp. (泥菩萨落水) | 泥 | 菩萨 | 落水 | |
| Literally: “a clay bodhisattva statue falls into the river (― unable to even protect oneself)”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nípúsà luòshuǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nípúsà luòshuěi
- Wade–Giles: ni2-pʻu2-sa4 lo4-shui3
- Yale: ní-pú-sà lwò-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nipwusah luohshoei
- Palladius: нипуса лошуй (nipusa lošuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni³⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
泥菩薩落水