無根之木，無源之水

Chinese
's; him/her/it; this tree; wood without a source 's; him/her/it; this water; river
trad. (無根之木，無源之水) 無根 之 木 ， 無源 之 水
simp. (无根之木，无源之水) 无根 之 木 ， 无源 之 水
Literally: “a tree without roots, water without a source”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wúgēn zhī mù, wúyuán zhī shuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄍㄣ ㄓ ㄇㄨˋ , ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: wúgēn zhī mù, wúyuán zhī shuǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄣ ㄓ ㄇㄨˋ , ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: wúgen jhih mù, wúyuán jhih shuěi
      • Wade–Giles: wu2-kên1 chih1 mu4, wu2-yüan2 chih1 shui3
      • Yale: wú-gēn jr̄ mù-, wú-ywán jr̄ shwěi
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wugen jy muh, wuyuan jy shoei
      • Palladius: угэнь чжи му, уюань чжи шуй (ugɛnʹ čži mu, ujuanʹ čži šuj)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

無根之木，無源之水

  1. (figuratively) Synonym of 無源之水，無本之木／无源之水，无本之木 (wúyuán zhī shuǐ, wúběn zhī mù, “baseless”)
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