孔夫子搬家——淨是書

See also: 孔夫子搬家——净是书

Chinese

		Confucius	to move house; to move to a new home; to move to move house; to move to a new home; to move; to relocate		clean; completely; only	be; yes; this	book; letter
trad. (孔夫子搬家——淨是書)		孔夫子	搬家	——	淨	是	書
simp. (孔夫子搬家——净是书)		孔夫子	搬家	——	净	是	书
Literally: “Confucius moves to a new home - everything is just books”.

Etymology

淨是書／净是书 (jìng shì shū) is a pun on 盡是輸／尽是输 (jìn shì shū, “to have always lost”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒngfūzǐ bānjiā, jìng shì shū

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ , ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngfūzǐ bānjiā, jìng shì shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ , ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngfuzǐh banjia, jìng shìh shu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung³-fu¹-tzŭ³ pan¹-chia¹, ching⁴ shih⁴ shu¹
    • Yale: kǔng-fū-dž bān-jyā-, jìng shr̀ shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongfutzyy banjia, jinq shyh shu
    • Palladius: кунфуцзы баньцзя, цзин ши шу (kunfuczy banʹczja, czin ši šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/

Idiom

孔夫子搬家——淨是書

1. to have always lost and never won a single time