砍掉重練

Chinese

		to chop	to drop; to fall	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	to practise; to train; to perfect (one's skill) to practise; to train; to perfect (one's skill); to drill
trad. (砍掉重練)		砍	掉	重	練
simp. (砍掉重练)		砍	掉	重	练
Literally: “to kill (a character) and then grind it again”.

Etymology

Originally gaming slang, referring to the situation in roleplaying games (RPGs) when a character is grinded poorly, resulting in bad performance .

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎndiàochóngliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham² diu⁶ cung⁴ lin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎndiàochóngliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎndiàochóngliàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³-tiao⁴-chʻung²-lien⁴
    • Yale: kǎn-dyàu-chúng-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaandiawchorngliann
    • Palladius: каньдяочунлянь (kanʹdjaočunljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham² diu⁶ cung⁴ lin⁶
    • Yale: hám diuh chùhng lihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham² diu⁶ tsung⁴ lin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem² diu⁶ cung⁴ lin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³⁵ tiːu̯²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ liːn²²/

Idiom

砍掉重練

1. (chiefly Taiwan, slang, figurative) to start again from scratch, to go back to square one