此地無銀三百兩

此地無銀三百兩

See also: 此地无银三百两

Chinese

		this place; here	not have	silver; money	three	hundred	both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael
trad. (此地無銀三百兩)		此地	無	銀	三	百	兩
simp. (此地无银三百两)		此地	无	银	三	百	两
Literally: “No 300 taels of silver buried here.”

Etymology

The first half of a longer sentence: 此地無銀三百兩，隔壁王二不曾偷. It is said to come from a story about a man named Zhang San (張三). According to the story, he buried 300 taels of silver in the ground with a sign denying their presence so that no one would steal them. But his neighbor Wang Er (王二) saw through the lie and dug up the money, leaving behind a sign saying that he hadn't stolen it.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǐdì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² dei⁶ mou⁴ ngan⁴ saam¹ baak³ loeng^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cǐdì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng [Phonetic: cǐdìwúyínsānbáiliǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyydih wu yn san bae leang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti⁵¹ u³⁵ in³⁵ sän⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² dei⁶ mou⁴ ngan⁴ saam¹ baak³ loeng^5-2
    • Yale: chí deih mòuh ngàhn sāam baak léung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dei⁶ mou⁴ ngan⁴ saam¹ baak⁸ loeng^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² déi⁶ mou⁴ ngen⁴ sam¹ bag³ lêng²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ tei̯²² mou̯²¹ ŋɐn²¹ säːm⁵⁵ päːk̚³ lœ̽ːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/

Idiom

此地無銀三百兩

1. a clumsy denial resulting in self-exposure; a very poor lie which reveals the truth; protest one's innocence too much; the lady doth protest too much