覆醬瓿

Chinese

		to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize
trad. (覆醬瓿)		覆	醬瓿
simp. (覆酱瓿)		覆	酱瓿

Etymology

From the Book of Han:

時有好事者載酒肴從游學，而鉅鹿侯芭常從雄居，受其《太玄》、《法言》焉。劉歆亦嘗觀之，謂雄曰：「空自苦！今學者有祿利，然尚不能明《易》，又如《玄》何？吾恐後人用覆醬瓿也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

时有好事者载酒肴从游学，而巨鹿侯芭常从雄居，受其《太玄》、《法言》焉。刘歆亦尝观之，谓雄曰：“空自苦！今学者有禄利，然尚不能明《易》，又如《玄》何？吾恐后人用覆酱瓿也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

Shí yǒu hǎoshìzhě zǎi jiǔyáo cóng yóuxué, ér Jùlù Hóu Bā cháng cóng Xióng jū, shòu qí “Tàixuán”, “Fǎyán” yān. Liú Xīn yì cháng guān zhī, wèi Xióng yuē: “Kōng zì kǔ! Jīn xuézhě yǒu lù lì, rán shàng bùnéng míng “Yì”, yòu rú “Xuán” hé? Wú kǒng hòurén yòng fùjiàngbù yě.” [Pinyin]

Back then there were busybodies coming with wine and food to study under him. Hou Ba from Julu often lived with Yang Xiong as a disciple. Yang Xiong taught him about Taixuan and Fayan (Yang Xiong's books). Liu Xin saw this and said: "You are just torturing yourself! Scholars nowadays have wealth and emoluments, yet they don't even understand I Ching, let alone Taixuan! I'm afraid they are gonna be used to cover jam pots by posterity."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fù jiàngbù, fù jiàngpǒu
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ, ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ zoeng³ pau², fuk¹ zoeng³ bau⁶, fuk¹ zoeng³ bou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fù jiàngbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fù jiàngbù
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴ chiang⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: fù jyàng-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh jianqbuh
  - Palladius: фу цзянбу (fu czjanbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, obsolete in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fù jiàngpǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fù jiàngpǒu
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴ chiang⁴-pʻou³
  - Yale: fù jyàng-pǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh jianqpoou
  - Palladius: фу цзянпоу (fu czjanpou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵¹ pʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ zoeng³ pau², fuk¹ zoeng³ bau⁶, fuk¹ zoeng³ bou⁶
  - Yale: fūk jeung páu, fūk jeung bauh, fūk jeung bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ dzoeng³ pau², fuk⁷ dzoeng³ bau⁶, fuk⁷ dzoeng³ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ zêng³ peo², fug¹ zêng³ beo⁶, fug¹ zêng³ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³³ pʰɐu̯³⁵/, /fʊk̚⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³³ pɐu̯²²/, /fʊk̚⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³³ pou̯²²/

Idiom

覆醬瓿

(literary) used to describe a worthless book or work
賴生所作，無論文字鄙陋，和習錯出，加以考證疏漏，議論乖僻，真可以覆醬瓿。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
赖生所作，无论文字鄙陋，和习错出，加以考证疏漏，议论乖僻，真可以覆酱瓿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Fukushiyu (復子庾, a Japanese kanbun in 西崦先生餘稿) by Hoashi Banri (帆足萬里)
Lài shēng suǒzuò, wúlùn wénzì bǐlòu, héxí cuòchū, jiāyǐ kǎozhèng shūlòu, yìlùn guāipì, zhēn kě yǐ fùjiàngbù. [Pinyin]
Rai San'yō's work (Nihon Gaishi) is of course crude in writing and full of washū (improper Japanese elements in Literary Chinese text), but insofar as the research is also sloppily done and the discussion biased. It really should be used to cover a jam pot.

Synonyms

覆酒甕／覆酒瓮 (fù jiǔwèng)