懲羹吹齏

Chinese

		punish; discipline	soup	to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	fragment; spices
trad. (懲羹吹齏/懲羹吹虀)		懲	羹	吹	齏/虀
simp. (惩羹吹齑)		惩	羹	吹	齑
Literally: “Once burnt by hot soup, one would blow at cold food”.

Etymology

懲於羹者而吹齏兮，何不變此志也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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惩于羹者而吹齑兮，何不变此志也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

Chéng yú gēng zhě ér chuī jī xī, hé bùbiàn cǐ zhì yě? [Pinyin]

If a person gets burnt by hot soup, he would blow at cold food. Why do you still not change your ambition?

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénggēngchuījī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄥ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gang¹ ceoi¹ zai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénggēngchuījī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄥ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénggengchueiji
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-kêng¹-chʻui¹-chi¹
    • Yale: chéng-gēng-chwēi-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernggengchueiji
    • Palladius: чэнгэнчуйцзи (čɛngɛnčujczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ gang¹ ceoi¹ zai¹
    • Yale: chīng gāng chēui jāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gang¹ tsoey¹ dzai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ geng¹ cêu¹ zei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

懲羹吹齏

1. (literary) once bitten, twice shy

Synonyms

• 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩／一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳 (yīzhāo bèi shé yǎo, shínián pà cǎoshéng)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 羹(あつもの)に懲(こ)りて膾(なます)を吹(ふ)く (atsumono ni kori te namasu o fuku) (calque)