狗彘不若

Chinese

		dog	swine	not like; not equal to; not as good as not like; not equal to; not as good as; cannot compare to
trad. (狗彘不若)		狗	彘	不若
simp. ^#(狗彘不若)		狗	彘	不若
Literally: “worse than dogs and pigs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒuzhìbùruò

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² zi⁶ bat¹ joek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuzhìbùruò [Phonetic: gǒuzhìbúruò]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒujhìhbùruò
  - Wade–Giles: kou³-chih⁴-pu⁴-jo⁴
  - Yale: gǒu-jr̀-bù-rwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooujyhburuoh
  - Palladius: гоучжибужо (goučžibužo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² zi⁶ bat¹ joek⁶
  - Yale: gáu jih bāt yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dzi⁶ bat⁷ joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² ji⁶ bed¹ yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jœːk̚²/

Idiom

狗彘不若

(derogatory, literary) base; contemptible; vile

Synonyms

豬狗不如／猪狗不如 (zhūgǒubùrú)

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