食古不化

食古不化

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	ancient; old	not; no	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
simp. and trad. (食古不化)		食	古	不	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shígǔbùhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ gu² bat¹ faa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shígǔbùhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyguubuhuah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhgǔbùhuà
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xwä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ gu² bat¹ faa³
    • Yale: sihk gú bāt fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ gu² bat⁷ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ gu² bed¹ fa³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² kuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fäː³³/

Idiom

食古不化

1. to rigidly adhere to old methods or styles without being flexible