不切實際

Chinese

		not; no	close to; to cut; to slice	actual; real; concrete actual; real; concrete; pragmatic; practical; realistic
trad. (不切實際)		不	切	實際
simp. (不切实际)		不	切	实际

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùqièshíjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ cit³ sat⁶ zai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-chhiat-si̍t-chè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ ciag⁴ sig⁸ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùqièshíjì [Phonetic: búqièshíjì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcièshíhjì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻieh⁴-shih²-chi⁴
    • Yale: bù-chyè-shŕ-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchiehshyrjih
    • Palladius: буцешицзи (bucešiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ cit³ sat⁶ zai³
    • Yale: bāt chit saht jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tsit⁸ sat⁹ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ qid³ sed⁶ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³ sɐt̚² t͡sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chhiat-si̍t-chè
    • Tâi-lô: put-tshiat-si̍t-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putchiatsidzex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴⁻² t͡se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ ciag⁴ sig⁸ zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk tshiak si̍k tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiak̚²⁻⁴ sik̚⁴⁻² t͡si²¹³/

Adjective

不切實際

1. impractical; unrealistic; fanciful; impracticable

   • 許多同志，不注重和不善於總結群眾鬥爭的經驗，而歡喜主觀主義地自作聰明地發表許多意見，因而使自己的意見變成不切實際的空論。 [MSC, trad.]
     许多同志，不注重和不善于总结群众斗争的经验，而欢喜主观主义地自作聪明地发表许多意见，因而使自己的意见变成不切实际的空论。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1943, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於領導方法的若干問題》 (Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership), 毛澤東選集 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung). English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition.

     Xǔduō tóngzhì, bù zhùzhòng hé bù shànyú zǒngjié qúnzhòng dòuzhēng de jīngyàn, ér huānxǐ zhǔguānzhǔyì de zìzuòcōngmíng de fābiǎo xǔduō yìjiàn, yīn'ér shǐ zìjǐ de yìjiàn biànchéng bùqièshíjì de kōnglùn. [Pinyin]

     Many comrades do not see the importance of, or are not good at, summing up the experience of mass struggles, but fancying themselves clever, are fond of voicing their subjectivist ideas, and so their ideas become empty and impractical.