敝帚自珍

Chinese

trad. (敝帚自珍)		敝帚	自珍
simp. #(敝帚自珍)		敝帚	自珍
Literally: “to cherish one's own shabby broom”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìzhǒuzìzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄡˇ ㄗˋ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ zau² zi⁶ zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìzhǒuzìzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄡˇ ㄗˋ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìjhǒuzìhjhen
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chou³-tzŭ⁴-chên¹
    • Yale: bì-jǒu-dz̀-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjooutzyhjen
    • Palladius: бичжоуцзычжэнь (bičžouczyčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶ zau² zi⁶ zan¹
    • Yale: baih jáu jih jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ dzau² dzi⁶ dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ zeo² ji⁶ zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː²² t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

敝帚自珍

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

Synonyms

• 敝帚千金 (bìzhǒuqiānjīn)