膠柱鼓瑟

膠柱鼓瑟

See also: 胶柱鼓瑟

Chinese

		glue; gum	pillar	to play a se
trad. (膠柱鼓瑟)		膠	柱	鼓瑟
simp. (胶柱鼓瑟)		胶	柱	鼓瑟
Literally: “to play a zither whose bridge is glued to the sound board”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāozhùgǔsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄓㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ cyu⁵ gu² sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāozhùgǔsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄓㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaojhùgǔsè
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-chu⁴-ku³-sê⁴
    • Yale: jyāu-jù-gǔ-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaujuhguuseh
    • Palladius: цзяочжугусэ (czjaočžugusɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ cyu⁵ gu² sat¹
    • Yale: gāau chyúh gú sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ tsy⁵ gu² sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ qu⁵ gu² sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyː¹³ kuː³⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

膠柱鼓瑟

1. to stubbornly stick to old ways