秋後的螞蚱——蹦躂不了幾天

Chinese

		autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	grasshopper; katydid		to bounce; to hop; to jump to bounce; to hop; to jump; to struggle; to strive	to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved; to be unable to	several days; a few days; how many days?
trad. (秋後的螞蚱——蹦躂不了幾天)		秋	後	的	螞蚱	——	蹦躂	不了	幾天
simp. (秋后的蚂蚱——蹦跶不了几天)		秋	后	的	蚂蚱	——	蹦跶	不了	几天
Literally: “grasshopper after autumn ― can only hop for a few more days”.

Etymology

Adult grasshoppers and locusts die in winter.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūhòu dì màzha, bèngda bùliǎo jǐtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚˋ ˙ㄓㄚ , ㄅㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu², bang¹ taat³ bat¹ liu⁵ gei² tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūhòu dì màzha, bèngda bùliǎo jǐtiān [Phonetic: qiūhòudìmàzha,bèngdabùliáojǐtiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚˋ ˙ㄓㄚ , ㄅㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciouhòu dì màjhå, bèngdå bùliǎo jǐtian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-hou⁴ ti⁴ ma⁴-cha⁵, pêng⁴-ta⁵ pu⁴-liao³ chi³-tʻien¹
    • Yale: chyōu-hòu dì mà-ja-, bèng-da bù-lyǎu jǐ-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouhow dih mah.ja, benq.da buhbu jiitian
    • Palladius: цюхоу ди мачжа, бэнда буляо цзитянь (cjuxou di mačža, bɛnda buljao czitjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ mä⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ä¹ pɤŋ⁵¹ d̥ä¹ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu², bang¹ taat³ bat¹ liu⁵ gei² tin¹
    • Yale: gwo gāai lóuh syú, bāng taat bāt líuh géi tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ sy², bang¹ taat⁸ bat⁷ liu⁵ gei² tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ gai¹ lou⁵ xu², beng¹ tad³ bed¹ liu⁵ géi² tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ pɐŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³ kei̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

秋後的螞蚱——蹦躂不了幾天

1. someone or something (especially being unpleasant) that is active now, but is ultimately doomed to fail