肉食者鄙

Chinese

		meateater; high-ranking officials	rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean
trad. (肉食者鄙)		肉食者	鄙
simp. ^#(肉食者鄙)		肉食者	鄙
Literally: “meat-eaters are vulgar”.

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròushízhěbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sik⁶ ze² pei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròushízhěbǐ [Phonetic: ròushízhébǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròushíhjhěbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-shih²-chê³-pi³
  - Yale: ròu-shŕ-jě-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowshyrjeebii
  - Palladius: жоушичжэби (žoušičžɛbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ sik⁶ ze² pei²
  - Yale: yuhk sihk jé péi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sik⁹ dze² pei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xig⁶ zé² péi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɪk̚² t͡sɛː³⁵ pʰei̯³⁵/

Idiom

肉食者鄙

high-ranking officials are shortsighted
- 肉食者鄙，未能遠謀。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  肉食者鄙，未能远谋。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Ròushízhěbǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu. [Pinyin]
  Meat-eaters are fools, they cannot plan ahead.