拾人牙慧

Chinese

		pick up; ten (fraud-proof)	man; person; people
trad. (拾人牙慧)		拾	人	牙慧
simp. #(拾人牙慧)		拾	人	牙慧

Etymology

殷中軍云：康伯未得我牙後慧。 [MSC, trad.]
殷中军云：康伯未得我牙后慧。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 《世說新語•文學》

Yīn Zhōngjūn yún: Kāngbó wèi dé wǒ yá hòu huì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shírényáhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ jan⁴ ngaa⁴ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shírényáhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhrényáhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-jên²-ya²-hui⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-rén-yá-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrrenyahuey
    • Palladius: шижэньяхуэй (šižɛnʹjaxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jä³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ jan⁴ ngaa⁴ wai⁶
    • Yale: sahp yàhn ngàh waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ jan⁴ ngaa⁴ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yen⁴ nga⁴ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jɐn²¹ ŋaː²¹ wɐi̯²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 拾人牙慧

1. to plagiarize another’s opinion