大門不出,二門不邁
See also: 大门不出,二门不迈
Chinese
editnot; no | to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) |
two | opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division |
not; no | take a step | ||||
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trad. (大門不出,二門不邁) | 大門 | 不 | 出 | , | 二 | 門 | 不 | 邁 | |
simp. (大门不出,二门不迈) | 大门 | 不 | 出 | , | 二 | 门 | 不 | 迈 |
Etymology
editLiterally: one neither goes outside of the front gate, nor strides toward the second (inner) gate.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ , ㄦˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàmén bù chu, èr mén bù mài
- Wade–Giles: ta4-mên2 pu4 chʻu1, êrh4 mên2 pu4 mai4
- Yale: dà-mén bù chū-, èr mén bù mài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmen bu chu, ell men bu may
- Palladius: дамэнь бу чу, эр мэнь бу май (damɛnʹ bu ču, er mɛnʹ bu maj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ mən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ mən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
edit大門不出,二門不邁
- to never leave home, and have little contact with the outside world; to live a sheltered life
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