擺格

擺格

Chinese

		pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	frame; rule
trad. (擺格)		擺	格
simp. (摆格)		摆	格

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎigé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄍㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎigé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeger
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɤ³⁵/

Verb

擺格

1. (dialectal) to put on airs; to give oneself airs

   • 一個紳士模樣的人在路上碰了一個農民，那紳士擺格不肯讓路，那農民便憤然說：「土豪劣紳！曉得三民主義嗎？」 [MSC, trad.]
     一个绅士模样的人在路上碰了一个农民，那绅士摆格不肯让路，那农民便愤然说：“土豪劣绅！晓得三民主义吗？” [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīge shēnshì múyàng de rén zài lùshàng pèng le yīge nóngmín, nà shēnshì bǎigé bùkěn rànglù, nà nóngmín biàn fènrán shuō: “Tǔháolièshēn! Xiǎode sānmínzhǔyì ma?” [Pinyin]

     When somebody who looks like one of the gentry encounters a peasant and stands on his dignity, refusing to make way along a pathway, the peasant will say angrily, “Hey, you local tyrant, don't you know the Three People's Principles?”

Synonyms

• 擺架子／摆架子 (bǎijiàzi)