擺老資格

Chinese

		pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	qualification; competence; capacity qualification; competence; capacity; eligibility; right
trad. (擺老資格)		擺	老	資格
simp. (摆老资格)		摆	老	资格

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎi lǎo zīgé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄗ ㄍㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎi lǎo zīgé [Phonetic: báilǎozīgé]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄗ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎi lǎo zihgé
    • Wade–Giles: pai³ lao³ tzŭ¹-ko²
    • Yale: bǎi lǎu dz̄-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae lao tzyger
    • Palladius: бай лао цзыгэ (baj lao czygɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵/

Verb

擺老資格

1. to pride oneself on being a veteran

   • 自以為對革命有功，擺老資格，大事做不來，小事又不做，工作隨便，學習鬆懈。 [MSC, trad.]
     自以为对革命有功，摆老资格，大事做不来，小事又不做，工作随便，学习松懈。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對自由主義》 (Combat Liberalism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zì yǐwéi duì gémìng yǒugōng, bǎi lǎozīgé, dàshì zuò bu lái, xiǎoshì yòu bù zuò, gōngzuò suíbiàn, xuéxí sōngxiè. [Pinyin]

     To regard oneself as having rendered great service to the revolution, to pride oneself on being a veteran, to disdain minor assignments while being quite unequal to major tasks, to be slipshod in work and slack in study.