留中不發

See also: 留中不发

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	not; no	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (留中不發)		留	中	不	發
simp. (留中不发)		留	中	不	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúzhōngbùfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ zung¹ bat¹ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúzhōngbùfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióujhongbùfa
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-chung¹-pu⁴-fa¹
    • Yale: lyóu-jūng-bù-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioujongbufa
    • Palladius: лючжунбуфа (ljučžunbufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ zung¹ bat¹ faat³
    • Yale: làuh jūng bāt faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ dzung¹ bat⁷ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ zung¹ bed¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³/

Idiom

留中不發

1. (archaic) to shelve; to table; to postpone consideration

   • 我看這道奏摺先留中不發。 [MSC, trad.]
     我看这道奏折先留中不发。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Wǒ kàn zhè dào zòuzhé xiān liúzhōngbùfā. [Pinyin]

     I think this submitted petition shall first be kept for further consideration.