大興土木

大興土木

Chinese

		to undertake on a large scale; fake; counterfeit	building; construction
trad. (大興土木)		大興	土木
simp. (大兴土木)		大兴	土木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxīngtǔmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàxīngtǔmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshingtuumuh
    • IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶
    • Yale: daaih hīng tóu muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hing¹ tou² mug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ mʊk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-hing-thóo-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixhengtofbok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/

Idiom

大興土木

1. to carry out a large-scale construction project (usually to build houses)