打水漂

打水漂

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	ducks and drakes
simp. and trad. (打水漂)		打	水漂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ shuǐpiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎ shuǐpiāo [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa shoeipiau
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎshuǐpiāor [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashoeipiaul
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰjaʊɻʷ⁵⁵/

Verb

打水漂

1. (original meaning) to play ducks and drakes
2. (figuratively) to waste (a large amount of money); to squander; to lose entirely