牛皮燈籠

Chinese

		cattle hide; big talk; bragging cattle hide; big talk; bragging; boasting	Chinese lantern
trad. (牛皮燈籠)		牛皮	燈籠
simp. (牛皮灯笼)		牛皮	灯笼
Literally: “lantern made of cattle hide”.

Etymology

First part of a xiehouyu. The second part could be:

點不明 (Mandarin) / 點極都唔明 (Cantonese) – cannot be lit / cannot be made to understand
肚裡亮 – bright inside / understand in one's mind

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúpí dēnglong, niúpí dēnglóng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄥ ˙ㄌㄨㄥ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ pei⁴ dang¹ lung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúpí dēnglong
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄥ ˙ㄌㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióupí denglo̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-pʻi² têng¹-lung⁵
  - Yale: nyóu-pí dēng-lung
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioupyi deng.long
  - Palladius: нюпи дэнлун (njupi dɛnlun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúpí dēnglóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióupí denglóng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-pʻi² têng¹-lung²
  - Yale: nyóu-pí dēng-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioupyi denglong
  - Palladius: нюпи дэнлун (njupi dɛnlun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ pei⁴ dang¹ lung⁴
  - Yale: ngàuh pèih dāng lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ pei⁴ dang¹ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ péi⁴ deng¹ lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ pʰei̯²¹ tɐŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

牛皮燈籠

stupid or stubborn person; someone who does not understand or listen to others
someone who understands in one's mind

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