滾瓜爛熟

滾瓜爛熟

Chinese

		to boil; to roll	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
trad. (滾瓜爛熟)		滾	瓜	爛	熟
simp. (滚瓜烂熟)		滚	瓜	烂	熟
Literally: “ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔnguā lànshú, gǔnguā lànshóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ, ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan² gwaa¹ laan⁶ suk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔnguā lànshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goengua lannshwu
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ län⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔnguā lànshóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goengua lannshour
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ län⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwan² gwaa¹ laan⁶ suk⁶
    • Yale: gwán gwā laahn suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan² gwaa¹ laan⁶ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen² gua¹ lan⁶ sug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵ kʷäː⁵⁵ läːn²² sʊk̚²/

Idiom

滾瓜爛熟

1. (to know something) by heart; (recite, etc.) fluently