畫地自限
Chinese
| to draw or write something in the dirt | from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since |
limit; bound | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (畫地自限) | 畫地 | 自 | 限 | |
| simp. (画地自限) | 画地 | 自 | 限 | |
| Literally: “to draw a line on the ground and limit oneself”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): huàdìzìxiàn
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huàdìzìxiàn
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huàdìzìhsiàn
- Wade–Giles: hua4-ti4-tzŭ4-hsien4
- Yale: hwà-dì-dz̀-syàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahdihtzyhshiann
- Palladius: хуадицзысянь (xuadiczysjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
畫地自限
- drawing boundaries for oneself; self-limiting