百無一用是書生
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Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Proverb
Chinese
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be; yes; this
scholar
;
intellectual
;
pedantic
scholar
trad.
(
百無一用是書生
)
百無一用
是
書生
simp.
(
百无一用是书生
)
百无一用
是
书生
Etymology
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From a line in
雜感
, a poem written by Qing dynasty poet Huang Jingren.
十
有
九
人
堪
白眼
,
百無一用
是
書生
。
[
Classical Chinese
,
trad.
]
十
有
九
人
堪
白眼
,
百无一用
是
书生
。
[
Classical Chinese
,
simp.
]
From:
1768
,
黃景仁
,
雜感
Shí yǒu jiǔ rén kān báiyǎn, bǎiwúyīyòng shì shūshēng.
[Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
bǎiwúyīyòng shì shūshēng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧ ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
bǎiwúyīyòng shì shūshēng
[Phonetic: bǎiwú
yí
yòng shì shūshēng]
Zhuyin
:
ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧ ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
bǎiwúyiyòng shìh shusheng
Wade–Giles
:
pai
3
-wu
2
-i
1
-yung
4
shih
4
shu
1
-shêng
1
Yale
:
bǎi-wú-yī-yùng shr̀ shū-shēng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
baewuiyonq shyh shusheng
Palladius
:
байуиюн ши шушэн
(bajuijun ši šušɛn)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Proverb
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百無一用是書生
Scholars
(
intellectuals
) are
good for nothing
.
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