泥菩薩落水

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person	to fall into the water; to go into the water
trad. (泥菩薩落水)		泥	菩薩	落水
simp. (泥菩萨落水)		泥	菩萨	落水
Literally: “a clay bodhisattva statue falls into the river (― unable to even protect oneself)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nípúsà luòshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nípúsà luòshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nípúsà luòshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-pʻu²-sa⁴ lo⁴-shui³
  - Yale: ní-pú-sà lwò-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nipwusah luohshoei
  - Palladius: нипуса лошуй (nipusa lošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

泥菩薩落水

Alternative form of 泥菩薩過江／泥菩萨过江 (nípúsàguòjiāng)

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