冤大頭

See also: 冤大头

Chinese

		injustice; to wrong	big head; head mask
trad. (冤大頭)		冤	大頭
simp. (冤大头)		冤	大头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuāndàtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ daai⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuāndàtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuandàtóu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-ta⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: ywān-dà-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuandahtour
    • Palladius: юаньдатоу (juanʹdatou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ daai⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: yūn daaih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ daai⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ dai⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

冤大頭

1. person who was ripped off; person deceived on account of his or her generosity; squanderer

   • 他是學醫生出身，有意是要開個藥房，自己順便掛個招牌行道，也是極平常的事。等到無端碰了這麼個冤大頭，一口便肯拿出十萬，他便樂得如此設施了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     他是学医生出身，有意是要开个药房，自己顺便挂个招牌行道，也是极平常的事。等到无端碰了这么个冤大头，一口便肯拿出十万，他便乐得如此设施了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 《二十年目睹之怪現狀》 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 55

     Tā shì xué yīshēng chūshēn, yǒuyì shì yào kāi ge yàofáng, zìjǐ shùnbiàn guà ge zhāopái xíngdào, yě shì jí píngcháng de shì. Děng dào wúduān pèng le zhè me ge yuāndàtóu, yīkǒu biàn kěn ná chū shí wàn, tā biàn yuèdé rúcǐ shèshī le. [Pinyin]

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