破銅爛鐵

破銅爛鐵

See also: 破铜烂铁

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	copper	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	iron
trad. (破銅爛鐵)		破	銅	爛	鐵
simp. (破铜烂铁)		破	铜	烂	铁

Etymology

Literally "broken copper and broken iron".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòtóng-làntiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pòtóng-làntiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohtornglanntiie
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ län⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³
    • Yale: po tùhng laahn tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ tung⁴ lan⁶ tid³
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹ läːn²² tʰiːt̚³/

Noun

破銅爛鐵

1. (idiomatic) useless rusty things made of iron or copper
2. (idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless, junk

   快把這堆破銅爛鐵拿出去處理掉。 [MSC, trad.]
   快把这堆破铜烂铁拿出去处理掉。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kuài bǎ zhè duī pòtóng làntiě ná chūqù chǔlǐ diào. [Pinyin]

   Quickly take this pile of junk out to be disposed of.

Synonyms

• (useless rusty metal products):
  • 爛銅爛鐵／烂铜烂铁
  • 廢銅爛鐵／废铜烂铁
  • (Min Nan) 歹銅舊錫／歹铜旧锡 (pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah, phái-tâng-kū-siah)
  • (Hakka) 壞銅壞鐵／坏铜坏铁 (fái-tùng-fái-thiet)