借花敬佛

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (借花敬佛)		借	花	敬	佛
simp. #(借花敬佛)		借	花	敬	佛
Literally: “to borrow flowers to venerate Buddha”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièhuājìngfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ faa¹ ging³ fat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièhuājìngfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièhuajìngfó
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-hua¹-ching⁴-fo²
    • Yale: jyè-hwā-jìng-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehhuajinqfor
    • Palladius: цзехуацзинфо (czexuaczinfo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ faa¹ ging³ fat⁶
    • Yale: je fā ging faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ faa¹ ging³ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ fa¹ ging³ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ faː⁵⁵ kɪŋ³³ fɐt̚²/

Idiom

借花敬佛

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to offer something that one has received (as a gift, favour, etc.) to someone else

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 借花獻佛 (“to offer something that one has received to someone else”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		借花獻佛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	借花獻佛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	借花敬佛
Southern Min	Xiamen	借花獻佛
	Tainan	別儂個桌頂夾肉飼大家
	Longyan	借花獻佛