厚古薄今

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	ancient; old	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (厚古薄今)		厚	古	薄	今
simp. #(厚古薄今)		厚	古	薄	今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòugǔbójīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ gu² bok⁶ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòugǔbójīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòugǔbójin
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-ku³-po²-chin¹
    • Yale: hòu-gǔ-bwó-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howguuborjin
    • Palladius: хоугубоцзинь (xouguboczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ gu² bok⁶ gam¹
    • Yale: háuh gú bohk gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ gu² bok⁹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ gu² bog⁶ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ kuː³⁵ pɔːk̚² kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

厚古薄今

1. to set great store by the past but look down on the present