大煞風景

大煞風景

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	baleful; bring to a stop; very baleful; bring to a stop; very; decrease; tighten	scenery; landscape; view scenery; landscape; view; scene; circumstances
trad. (大煞風景)		大	煞	風景
simp. (大煞风景)		大	煞	风景

Etymology

From Li Shangyin's personal notes about such behaviours:

煞風景：花間喝道﹑看花淚下﹑苔上鋪席﹑斫卻垂楊﹑花下曬裩﹑遊春重載﹑石筍繫馬﹑月下把火﹑妓筵說俗事﹑果園種菜﹑背山起樓﹑花架下養雞鴨﹑步行將軍﹑清泉濯足﹑焚琴煮鶴﹑對花啜茶。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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煞风景：花间喝道﹑看花泪下﹑苔上铺席﹑斫却垂杨﹑花下晒裩﹑游春重载﹑石笋系马﹑月下把火﹑妓筵说俗事﹑果园种菜﹑背山起楼﹑花架下养鸡鸭﹑步行将军﹑清泉濯足﹑焚琴煮鹤﹑对花啜茶。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Yishan Zazhuan (義山雜纂)

Shàfēngjǐng: huājiān hē dào ﹑ kàn huā lèi xià ﹑ tái shàng pū xí ﹑ zhuó què chuí yáng ﹑ huā xià shài kūn ﹑ yóu chūn zhòng zǎi ﹑ shísǔn jì mǎ ﹑ yuè xià bǎ huǒ ﹑ jì yán shuō sú shì ﹑ guǒyuán zhǒng cài ﹑ bèi shān qǐlóu ﹑ huājià xià yǎng jī yā ﹑ bùxíng jiāngjūn ﹑ qīngquán zhuó zú ﹑ fénqínzhǔhè ﹑ duì huā chuò chá. [Pinyin]

(Behaviours that) spoil beautiful sceneries: Shouting at a place with flowers, crying when looking at flowers, laying a carpet on moss, chopping willow trees, hanging pants under flowers, leaving behind when going on travel in spring, tying horse onto stalagmite, lighting torches under the moon, saying vulgar things on a party with female entertainers, planting vegetables in a fruit garden, constructing buildings before mountains, raising chicken and ducks in a flower frame, military general walking, washing feet in clear springs, burning guqins and cooking cranes, drinking only tea (but not wine) when having flower viewing.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshāfēngjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄚ ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ saat³ fung¹ ging²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshāfēngjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄚ ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshafongjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-sha¹-fêng¹-ching³
    • Yale: dà-shā-fēng-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshafengjiing
    • Palladius: дашафэнцзин (dašafɛnczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ saat³ fung¹ ging²
    • Yale: daaih saat fūng gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ saat⁸ fung¹ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sad³ fung¹ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² saːt̚³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/

Idiom

大煞風景

1. to spoil or damage the beautiful scenery or a good occasion