析骸以爨

Chinese

		to separate; to divide; to analyse	bones of the body	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	cooking-stove; to cook
trad. (析骸以爨)		析	骸	以	爨
simp. #(析骸以爨)		析	骸	以	爨

Etymology

• Warring States Period: Zuo Qiuming, Zuo Zhuan (春秋左氏傳˙宣公十五年)

  敝邑易子而食，析骸以爨。

  In the city we are exchanging our children and eating them, and splitting up their bones for fuel. (James Legge)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīháiyǐcuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧˇ ㄘㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīháiyǐcuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧˇ ㄘㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siháiyǐcuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hai²-i³-tsʻuan⁴
    • Yale: syī-hái-yǐ-tswàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihairyiitsuann
    • Palladius: сихайицуань (sixajicuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯än⁵¹/

Idiom

析骸以爨

1. the situation is dire (i.e. during wartime or famine)

References

• “BOOK VII. DUKE XUAN”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan‎^[1], 2011 February 27 (last accessed)