付諸東流

Chinese

		pay	all; many; various
trad. (付諸東流)		付	諸	東流
simp. (付诸东流)		付	诸	东流
Literally: “to throw into the east flowing river”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùzhūdōngliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ zyu¹ dung¹ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùzhūdōngliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùjhudonglióu
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-chu¹-tung¹-liu²
    • Yale: fù-jū-dūng-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhjudongliou
    • Palladius: фучжудунлю (fučžudunlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ zyu¹ dung¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: fuh jyū dūng làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ dzy¹ dung¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ ju¹ dung¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² t͡syː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

付諸東流

1. (figurative) to go in vain; to go down the drain; to be completely wasted

Synonyms

• 付之東流／付之东流 (fùzhīdōngliú)
• 付諸流水／付诸流水
• 付之流水
• 盡付東流／尽付东流