大跌眼鏡

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to have one's jaws drop; to be surprised or astonished; to be dumbfounded
trad. (大跌眼鏡)		大	跌眼鏡
simp. (大跌眼镜)		大	跌眼镜

Literally “to suddenly drop one's eyeglasses”; said to be in reference to earlier, loosely-fitted glasses which fell off easily.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàdiēyǎnjìng, dàdiéyǎnjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄝㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dit³ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ diag⁴ ngang² gêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàdiēyǎnjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄝㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàdieyǎnjìng
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tieh¹-yen³-ching⁴
  - Yale: dà-dyē-yǎn-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdieyeanjinq
  - Palladius: дадеяньцзин (dadejanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàdiéyǎnjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàdiéyǎnjìng
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tieh²-yen³-ching⁴
  - Yale: dà-dyé-yǎn-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdyeyeanjinq
  - Palladius: дадеяньцзин (dadejanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ dit³ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2
  - Yale: daaih dit ngáahn géng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dit⁸ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ did³ ngan⁵ géng^3-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tiːt̚³ ŋaːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁶ diag⁴ ngang² gêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi tiak ngáng kèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ tiak̚²⁻⁴ ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ keŋ²¹³/

大跌眼鏡

(figurative) to have one's jaws drop (often in a bad way); to be greatly surprised or astonished; to be dumbfounded

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