靴子落地

Chinese

		boot; leather shoe; dress shoe	to fall to the ground; to land
trad. (靴子落地)		靴子	落地
simp. #(靴子落地)		靴子	落地
Literally: “the shoe drops”.

Etymology

From 等另一隻靴子落地, a calque of English wait for the other shoe to drop.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuēzi luòdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuēzi luòdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuezi̊h luòdì
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh¹-tzŭ⁵ lo⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: sywē-dz lwò-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiue.tzy luohdih
    • Palladius: сюэцзы лоди (sjueczy lodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/

Phrase

靴子落地

1. Something that is anticipated but not fully certain happens.