土菩薩過江

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person	to cross a river
trad. (土菩薩過江)		土	菩薩	過江
simp. (土菩萨过江)		土	菩萨	过江
Literally: “an earthen bodhisattva statue crosses a river (― unable to even protect oneself)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔpúsà guòjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔpúsà guòjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔpúsà guòjiang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-pʻu²-sa⁴ kuo⁴-chiang¹
    • Yale: tǔ-pú-sà gwò-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuupwusah guohjiang
    • Palladius: тупуса гоцзян (tupusa goczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

土菩薩過江

1. Alternative form of 泥菩薩過江／泥菩萨过江 (nípúsàguòjiāng)