牛嚼牡丹

牛嚼牡丹

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	to chew	tree peony; marlberry
simp. and trad. (牛嚼牡丹)		牛	嚼	牡丹
Literally: “cow chewing peony”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niújuémǔdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ ziu⁶ maau⁵ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niújuémǔdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujyuemuudan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióujyuémǔdan
    • Wade–Giles: niu2-chüeh2-mu3-tan1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ ziu⁶ maau⁵ daan¹
    • Yale: ngàuh jiuh máauh dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dziu⁶ maau⁵ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ jiu⁶ mao⁵ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡siːu̯²² mäːu̯¹³ täːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

牛嚼牡丹

1. not knowing the value of food, hence wasting it

Synonyms

• 暴殄天物 (bàotiǎntiānwù)