目無全牛

目無全牛

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	not have	all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete	ox; cow; bull
trad. (目無全牛)		目	無	全	牛
simp. (目无全牛)		目	无	全	牛
Literally: “there are no whole cows in sight”.

Etymology

From Zhuangzi:

始臣之解牛之時，所見無非全牛者。三年之後，未嘗見全牛也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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始臣之解牛之时，所见无非全牛者。三年之后，未尝见全牛也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

Shǐ chén zhī jiě niú zhī shí, suǒ jiàn wú fēi quán niú zhě. Sān nián zhī hòu, wèicháng jiàn quán niú yě. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùwúquánniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ mou⁴ cyun⁴ ngau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùwúquánniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùwúcyuánnióu
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-wu²-chʻüan²-niu²
    • Yale: mù-wú-chywán-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhwuchyuanniou
    • Palladius: мууцюаньню (muucjuanʹnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰɥɛn³⁵ njoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ mou⁴ cyun⁴ ngau⁴
    • Yale: muhk mòuh chyùhn ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ mou⁴ tsyn⁴ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ mou⁴ qun⁴ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² mou̯²¹ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

目無全牛

1. supremely skilled