跌跌不休

跌跌不休

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	to drop; to fall; to tumble	endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly
simp. and trad. (跌跌不休)		跌	跌	不休

Etymology

Near-homophone transformation of 喋喋不休 (diédié bùxiū).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diē diē bùxiū, dié dié bùxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: diē diē bùxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: die die bushiou
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: dié dié bùxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye dye bushiou
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

跌跌不休

1. (neologism) (usually of price) decrease incessantly