陳芝麻爛穀子

Chinese

		arrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname		rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	foxtail millet, the plant or the unhulled grain)
trad. (陳芝麻爛穀子)		陳	芝麻	爛	穀子
simp. (陈芝麻烂谷子)		陈	芝麻	烂	谷子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chén zhīma làn gǔzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄌㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chén zhīma làn gǔzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄌㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chén jhihmå làn gǔzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên² chih¹-ma⁵ lan⁴ ku³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chén jr̄-ma làn gǔ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chern jy.ma lann guu.tzy
    • Palladius: чэнь чжима лань гуцзы (čɛnʹ čžima lanʹ guczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² län⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Idiom

陳芝麻爛穀子

1. dated and inconsequential affairs

Synonyms

• 陳穀子爛芝麻／陈谷子烂芝麻 (chén gǔzi làn zhīma)