狗屁不通

Chinese

		dog fart; bullshit; nonsense dog fart; bullshit; nonsense; rubbish	to be obstructed; to be unable to get through; to not understand
trad. (狗屁不通)		狗屁	不通
simp. #(狗屁不通)		狗屁	不通
Literally: “dog unable to fart”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒupìbùtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄆㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² pei³ bat¹ tung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒupìbùtōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄆㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒupìbùtong
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-pʻi⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹
    • Yale: gǒu-pì-bù-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooupihbutong
    • Palladius: гоупибутун (goupibutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² pei³ bat¹ tung¹
    • Yale: gáu pei bāt tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² pei³ bat⁷ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² péi³ bed¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ pʰei̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

狗屁不通

1. (figurative, vulgar) incoherent; nonsensical; bullshit

   • 已閱，狗屁不通！大字報在地上貼就行了，不要發到天上去。 [MSC, trad.]
     已阅，狗屁不通！大字报在地上贴就行了，不要发到天上去。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, 刘慈欣, 《三体》, page 125

     Yǐ yuè, gǒupìbùtōng! Dàzìbào zài dìshàng tiē jiù xíng le, bùyào fā dào tiānshàng qù. [Pinyin]

     Read. This is bullshit! Putting up dazibao on the ground is enough. Don't send it into space.