妝嫫費黛

Chinese

		adornment; adorn	ugly woman	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
trad. (妝嫫費黛)		妝	嫫	費	黛
simp. (妆嫫费黛)		妆	嫫	费	黛
Literally: “putting makeup on Momu (a legendarily ugly woman) is a waste of eyeliner”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuāngmófèidài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngmófèidài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangmófèidài
    • Wade–Giles: chuang¹-mo²-fei⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: jwāng-mwó-fèi-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juangmofeyday
    • Palladius: чжуанмофэйдай (čžuanmofɛjdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

妝嫫費黛

1. (figurative) ugly; unsightly