掛一漏萬
Chinese
to hang; to put up; to suspend | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge |
ten thousand; a great number; surname | ||
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trad. (掛一漏萬) | 掛 | 一 | 漏 | 萬 | |
simp. (挂一漏万) | 挂 | 一 | 漏 | 万 | |
alternative forms | 挂一漏萬 | ||||
Literally: “to touch on one and miss out ten thousand”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄧ ㄌㄡˋ ㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guàyilòuwàn
- Wade–Giles: kua4-i1-lou4-wan4
- Yale: gwà-yī-lòu-wàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahilowwann
- Palladius: гуаилоувань (guailouvanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwaa3 jat1 lau6 maan6
- Yale: gwa yāt lauh maahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa3 jat7 lau6 maan6
- Guangdong Romanization: gua3 yed1 leo6 man6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷaː³³ jɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²² maːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: kweaH 'jit luwH mjonH
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 掛一漏萬
- (humble) to be inexhaustive; to leave many important items out
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