跌個跤子，買個明白

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	(a measure word); individual			buy	(a measure word); individual	clear and clean; to understand; to know clear and clean; to understand; to know; clear; obvious; evident
trad. (跌個跤子，買個明白)		跌	個	跤子	，	買	個	明白
simp. (跌个跤子，买个明白)		跌	个	跤子	，	买	个	明白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diē ge jiāozi, mǎi ge míngbai, dié ge jiāozi, mǎi ge míngbai

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ , ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄅㄞ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ , ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄅㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diē ge jiāozi, mǎi ge míngbai
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ , ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄅㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: die ge̊ jiaozi̊h, mǎi ge̊ míngbåi
    • Wade–Giles: tieh¹ ko⁵ chiao¹-tzŭ⁵, mai³ ko⁵ ming²-pai⁵
    • Yale: dyē ge jyāu-dz-, mǎi ge míng-bai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: die .ge jiau.tzy, mae .ge ming.bai
    • Palladius: де гэ цзяоцзы, май гэ минбай (de gɛ czjaoczy, maj gɛ minbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ g̊ə² t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² maɪ̯²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ miŋ³⁵ b̥aɪ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié ge jiāozi, mǎi ge míngbai
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ , ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄅㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié ge̊ jiaozi̊h, mǎi ge̊ míngbåi
    • Wade–Giles: tieh² ko⁵ chiao¹-tzŭ⁵, mai³ ko⁵ ming²-pai⁵
    • Yale: dyé ge jyāu-dz-, mǎi ge míng-bai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye .ge jiau.tzy, mae .ge ming.bai
    • Palladius: де гэ цзяоцзы, май гэ минбай (de gɛ czjaoczy, maj gɛ minbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ g̊ə³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² maɪ̯²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ miŋ³⁵ b̥aɪ̯³/

Proverb

跌個跤子，買個明白

1. Synonym of 吃一塹，長一智／吃一堑，长一智 (chī yī qiàn, zhǎng yī zhì, “a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit”)