付諸東流

Chinese

		pay	all; many; various
trad. (付諸東流)		付	諸	東流
simp. (付诸东流)		付	诸	东流
Literally: “to throw into the east flowing river”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùzhūdōngliú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄉㄨㄥㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ zyu¹ dung¹ lau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùzhūdōngliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄉㄨㄥㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùjhudonglióu
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-chu¹-tung¹-liu²
  - Yale: fù-jū-dūng-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhjudongliou
  - Palladius: фучжудунлю (fučžudunlju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ zyu¹ dung¹ lau⁴
  - Yale: fuh jyū dūng làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ dzy¹ dung¹ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ ju¹ dung¹ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² t͡syː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

付諸東流

(figurative) to go in vain; to go down the drain; to be completely wasted

Synonyms

付之東流／付之东流 (fùzhīdōngliú)
付諸流水／付诸流水
付之流水
盡付東流／尽付东流

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