一朵鮮花插在牛糞上

一朵鮮花插在牛糞上

See also: 一朵鲜花插在牛粪上

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	M for flowers	fresh flower	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	cow dung	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (一朵鮮花插在牛糞上)		一	朵	鮮花	插	在	牛糞	上
simp. (一朵鲜花插在牛粪上)		一	朵	鲜花	插	在	牛粪	上
Literally: “A flower stuck into a pile of cow dung.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī duǒ xiānhuā chā zài niúfèn shàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔㄚ ㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ do² sin¹ faa¹ caap³ zoi⁶ ngau⁴ fan³ soeng⁶, jat¹ doe² sin¹ faa¹ caap³ zoi⁶ ngau⁴ fan³ soeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yī duǒ xiānhuā chā zài niúfèn shàng [Phonetic: yì duǒ xiānhuā chā zài niúfèn shàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔㄚ ㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i duuo shianhua cha tzay nioufenn shanq
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ do² sin¹ faa¹ caap³ zoi⁶ ngau⁴ fan³ soeng⁶, jat¹ doe² sin¹ faa¹ caap³ zoi⁶ ngau⁴ fan³ soeng⁶
    • Yale: yāt dó sīn fā chaap joih ngàuh fan seuhng, yāt déu sīn fā chaap joih ngàuh fan seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ do² sin¹ faa¹ tsaap⁸ dzoi⁶ ngau⁴ fan³ soeng⁶, jat⁷ doe² sin¹ faa¹ tsaap⁸ dzoi⁶ ngau⁴ fan³ soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ do² xin¹ fa¹ cab³ zoi⁶ ngeo⁴ fen³ sêng⁶, yed¹ dê² xin¹ fa¹ cab³ zoi⁶ ngeo⁴ fen³ sêng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tɔː³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ fäː⁵⁵ t͡sʰäːp̚³ t͡sɔːy̯²² ŋɐu̯²¹ fɐn³³ sœ̽ːŋ²²/, /jɐt̚⁵ tœ̽ː³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ fäː⁵⁵ t͡sʰäːp̚³ t͡sɔːy̯²² ŋɐu̯²¹ fɐn³³ sœ̽ːŋ²²/

Idiom

一朵鮮花插在牛糞上

1. a beautiful or talented woman marries an ugly or untalented husband

Synonyms

• 好花插在牛糞上／好花插在牛粪上 (hǎo huā chāzài niúfèn shàng)