博而不精

Chinese

		extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	excellent; refined
trad. (博而不精)		博	而	不	精
simp. #(博而不精)		博	而	不	精

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó'érbùjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ ji⁴ bat¹ zing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó'érbùjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó-érbùjing
    • Wade–Giles: po²-êrh²-pu⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: bwó-ér-bù-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borerlbujing
    • Palladius: боэрбуцзин (boerbuczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ ji⁴ bat¹ zing¹
    • Yale: bok yìh bāt jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ ji⁴ bat⁷ dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ yi⁴ bed¹ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

博而不精

1. to be a jack of all trades, master of none