韋編三絕

韋編三絕

Chinese

		surname; soft leather	weave; plait; organize weave; plait; organize; group; arrange; edit; compile; write; compose; fabricate	three	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (韋編三絕)		韋	編	三	絕
simp. (韦编三绝)		韦	编	三	绝
variant forms		三絕韋編／三绝韦编
Literally: “the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll)​ has broken three times”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéibiānsānjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶, wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéibiānsānjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weibiansanjyue
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶, wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶
    • Yale: wàih pīn sāam jyuht, wáih pīn sāam jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹, wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶, wei⁵ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵ säːm⁵⁵ t͡ʃyːt̚²/, /wɐi̯¹³ pʰiːn⁵⁵ säːm⁵⁵ t͡ʃyːt̚²/

Idiom

韋編三絕

1. (figuratively) to study diligently