戶樞不蠹

See also: 户枢不蠹 and 戶樞不蠧

Chinese

		door hinge	not; no	bookworm; Lepisma saccharina
trad. (戶樞不蠹)		戶樞	不	蠹
simp. (户枢不蠹)		户枢	不	蠹

Etymology

From 《呂氏春秋·盡數》:

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹，動也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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流水不腐，户枢不蠹，动也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

Liúshuǐ bùfǔ, hùshū bùdù, dòng yě. [Pinyin]

That running water does not rot, and a door hinge does not suffer from worms, is because of movement.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùshūbùdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùshūbùdù [Phonetic: hùshūbúdù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùshubùdù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-shu¹-pu⁴-tu⁴
    • Yale: hù-shū-bù-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhshubuduh
    • Palladius: хушубуду (xušubudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³
    • Yale: wuh syū bāt dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶ sy¹ bat⁷ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶ xu¹ bed¹ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²² syː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/

Idiom

戶樞不蠹

1. A door hinge never gets plagued by worms; a rolling stone gathers no moss