油鹽不進

Chinese

		oil; sly	salt	not; no	advance; enter; to come in
trad. (油鹽不進)		油	鹽	不	進
simp. (油盐不进)		油	盐	不	进

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuyánbùjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuyánbùjìn [Phonetic: yóuyánbújìn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuyánbùjìn
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-yen²-pu⁴-chin⁴
    • Yale: yóu-yán-bù-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youyanbujinn
    • Palladius: юяньбуцзинь (jujanʹbuczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

Idiom

油鹽不進

1. stubborn

Synonyms

• 頑固不化／顽固不化 (wángùbùhuà)