土崩瓦解
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Chinese
[edit]to collapse and be ruined beyond repair | |||
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trad. (土崩瓦解) | 土崩 | 瓦解 | |
simp. #(土崩瓦解) | 土崩 | 瓦解 |
Etymology
[edit]Attested in 秦記論 by Ban Gu, which was quoted in the Records of the Grand Historian:
- 秦之積衰,天下土崩瓦解,雖有周旦之材,無所復陳其巧,而以責一日之孤,誤哉! [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 74 CE, Ban Gu, 秦記論
- Qín zhī jī shuāi, tiānxià tǔbēngwǎjiě, suī yǒu Zhōu Dàn zhī cái, wú suǒ fù chén qí qiǎo, ér yǐ zé yī rì zhī gū, wù zāi! [Pinyin]
- With Qin's accumulated downward trend, the state was falling apart. Even talents like the Duke of Zhou (the founding father of the Western Zhou Dynasty) could not possibly have turned the situation around. What a mistake it was [for Jia Yi (the author of Ten Crimes of Qin) and Sima Qian (the author of the Records of the Grand Historian)] to blame this on its new emperor!
秦之积衰,天下土崩瓦解,虽有周旦之材,无所复陈其巧,而以责一日之孤,误哉! [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄥ ㄨㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǔbengwǎjiě
- Wade–Giles: tʻu3-pêng1-wa3-chieh3
- Yale: tǔ-bēng-wǎ-jyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuubengwoajiee
- Palladius: тубэнвацзе (tubɛnvacze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɤŋ⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 bang1 ngaa5 gaai2
- Yale: tóu bāng ngáh gáai
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 bang1 ngaa5 gaai2
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 beng1 nga5 gai2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ pɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³ kaːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]土崩瓦解
- to completely fall apart; to completely collapse
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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土 | 崩 | 瓦 | 解 |
ど Grade: 1 |
ほう Grade: S |
が Grade: S |
かい Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Noun
[edit]- the situation of completely falling apart beyond repair
Verb
[edit]土崩瓦解する • (dohōgakai suru) suru (stem 土崩瓦解し (dohōgakai shi), past 土崩瓦解した (dohōgakai shita))
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