不蔓不枝

Chinese

		not; no	creeper; to spread; Brassica campestris	not; no	branch; (a measure word)
trad. (不蔓不枝)		不	蔓	不	枝
simp. #(不蔓不枝)		不	蔓	不	枝
Literally: “neither spreading about nor branching out”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmànbùzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ maan⁶ bat¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmànbùzhī [Phonetic: búmànbùzhī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmànbùjhih
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-man⁴-pu⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: bù-màn-bù-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumannbujy
    • Palladius: буманьбучжи (bumanʹbučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ män⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ maan⁶ bat¹ zi¹
    • Yale: bāt maahn bāt jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ maan⁶ bat⁷ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ man⁶ bed¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ maːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

不蔓不枝

1. (figurative) succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)

Synonyms

• 不枝不蔓 (bùzhībùmàn)

Derived terms

• 中通外直，不蔓不枝