東施效顰
Chinese
Dongshi | effect; efficacy; imitate | knit the brows | ||
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trad. (東施效顰/東施傚顰/東施效矉/東施傚矉) | 東施 | 效/傚 | 顰/矉 | |
simp. (东施效颦) | 东施 | 效 | 颦 |
Etymology
Based on a story in "The Circling Sky", in Zhuangzi (《莊子·天運》). Xishi (西施), a famous beauty in Chinese history, often frowned because of her heart disease. The ugly Dongshi (東施) of the same village imitated Xishi to try to be as beautiful as Xishi, but in turn made herself uglier and scared away the villagers.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dongshihsiàopín
- Wade–Giles: tung1-shih1-hsiao4-pʻin2
- Yale: dūng-shr̄-syàu-pín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongshyshiawpyn
- Palladius: дуншисяопинь (dunšisjaopinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dung1 si1 haau6 pan4
- Yale: dūng sī haauh pàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung1 si1 haau6 pan4
- Guangdong Romanization: dung1 xi1 hao6 pen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ haːu̯²² pʰɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 東施效顰
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