煮豆燃萁

Chinese

		to cook; to boil	bean; sacrificial vessel	burn; combustion	stalks of pulse
trad. (煮豆燃萁)		煮	豆	燃	萁
simp. #(煮豆燃萁)		煮	豆	燃	萁
alternative forms		煮豆燃豆萁

Etymology

文帝嘗令東阿王七步中作詩，不成者行大法。應聲便為詩曰：「煮豆持作羹，漉菽以為汁。萁在釜下然，豆在釜中泣。本自同根生，相煎何太急。」帝深有慚色。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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文帝尝令东阿王七步中作诗，不成者行大法。应声便为诗曰：「煮豆持作羹，漉菽以为汁。萁在釜下然，豆在釜中泣。本自同根生，相煎何太急。」帝深有惭色。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 《世說新語•文學》

Wéndì cháng lìng Dōng'āwáng qī bù zhōng zuòshī, bùchéng zhě xíng dàfǎ. Yìngshēng biàn wèi shī yuē: “Zhǔ dòu chí zuò gēng, lù shū yǐ wèi zhī. Qí zài fǔ xià rán, dòu zài fǔ zhōng qì. Běn zì tóng gēn shēng, xiàng jiān hé tài jí.” Dì shēn yǒu cánsè. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔdòuránqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄉㄡˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² dau⁶ jin⁴ kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔdòuránqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄉㄡˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔdòuráncí
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-tou⁴-jan²-chʻi²
    • Yale: jǔ-dòu-rán-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juudowranchyi
    • Palladius: чжудоужаньци (čžudoužanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² dau⁶ jin⁴ kei⁴
    • Yale: jyú dauh yìhn kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² dau⁶ jin⁴ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² deo⁶ yin⁴ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ tɐu̯²² jiːn²¹ kʰei̯²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 煮豆燃萁

1. to cause internecine strife