含英咀華

Chinese

		to hold in the mouth; to bite	blossom	to chew	blossom
trad. (含英咀華)		含	英	咀	華
simp. (含英咀华)		含	英	咀	华

Etymology

From 9th century, Han Yu (韓愈), 《進學解》:

沉浸醲郁，含英咀華。作爲文章，其書滿家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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沉浸𬪩郁，含英咀华。作为文章，其书满家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: c. 813, Han Yu, "On Encouraging Scholarship" (《進學解》)

Chén jìn nóng yù, hányīngjǔhuá. Zuò wèi wénzhāng, qí shū mǎn jiā. [Pinyin]

You immerse yourself in the richness of literature, and you chew in your mouth the flowering passages. In your literary creations, there is an abundance of essential merits found in all the great masters before you.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hányīngjǔhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄧㄥ ㄐㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ jing¹ zeoi² waa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hányīngjǔhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄧㄥ ㄐㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hányingjyǔhuá
    • Wade–Giles: han²-ying¹-chü³-hua²
    • Yale: hán-yīng-jyǔ-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harningjeuhwa
    • Palladius: ханьинцзюйхуа (xanʹinczjujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ iŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ jing¹ zeoi² waa⁴
    • Yale: hàhm yīng jéui wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ jing¹ dzoey² waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ ying¹ zêu² wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ jɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ waː²¹/

Idiom

含英咀華

1. (figurative) to savour the merits of a literary work; to appreciate the subtleties in a literary work by rumination