牛嚼牡丹

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	to chew	tree peony; marlberry
simp. and trad. (牛嚼牡丹)		牛	嚼	牡丹
alternative forms		牛𡁻牡丹
Literally: “cow chewing peony”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niújuémǔdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ ziu⁶ maau⁵ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niújuémǔdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióujyuémǔdan
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-chüeh²-mu³-tan¹
    • Yale: nyóu-jywé-mǔ-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujyuemuudan
    • Palladius: нюцзюэмудань (njuczjuemudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ ziu⁶ maau⁵ daan¹
    • Yale: ngàuh jiuh máauh dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dziu⁶ maau⁵ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ jiu⁶ mao⁵ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡siːu̯²² maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

牛嚼牡丹

1. not knowing the value of food, hence wasting it

Synonyms

• 暴殄天物 (bàotiǎntiānwù)