肉食者鄙

Chinese

		meateater; high-ranking officials	rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean
trad. (肉食者鄙)		肉食者	鄙
simp. #(肉食者鄙)		肉食者	鄙
Literally: “meat-eaters are vulgar”.

Etymology

See 肉食者.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròushízhěbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sik⁶ ze² pei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròushízhěbǐ [Phonetic: ròushízhébǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròushíhjhěbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-shih²-chê³-pi³
    • Yale: ròu-shŕ-jě-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowshyrjeebii
    • Palladius: жоушичжэби (žoušičžɛbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ sik⁶ ze² pei²
    • Yale: yuhk sihk jé péi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sik⁹ dze² pei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xig⁶ zé² péi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɪk̚² t͡sɛː³⁵ pʰei̯³⁵/

Idiom

肉食者鄙

1. high-ranking officials are shortsighted

   • 肉食者鄙，未能遠謀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肉食者鄙，未能远谋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Ròushízhěbǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu. [Pinyin]

     Meat-eaters are fools, they cannot plan ahead.