敝帚千金

Chinese

			a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches; daughter
trad. (敝帚千金)		敝帚	千金
simp. #(敝帚千金)		敝帚	千金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìzhǒuqiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ zau² cin¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìzhǒuqiānjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìjhǒucianjin
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chou³-chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: bì-jǒu-chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjoouchianjin
    • Palladius: бичжоуцяньцзинь (bičžoucjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶ zau² cin¹ gam¹
    • Yale: baih jáu chīn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ dzau² tsin¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ zeo² qin¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

敝帚千金

1. (figurative) to cherish something of little value simply because it is one's own

Synonyms

• 敝帚自珍 (bìzhǒuzìzhēn)