白璧微瑕

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	piece of jade with hole in center	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	blemish; flaw in jade
simp. and trad. (白璧微瑕)		白	璧	微	瑕
Literally: “a slight flaw in white jade”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báibì wēixiá, báibì wéixiá

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟㄒㄧㄚˊ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ bik¹ mei⁴ haa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: báibì wēixiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟㄒㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbih ueishya
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: báibì wéixiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbih weishya
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ bik¹ mei⁴ haa⁴
  - Yale: baahk bīk mèih hàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ bik⁷ mei⁴ haa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ big¹ méi⁴ ha⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /päːk̚² pɪk̚⁵ mei̯²¹ häː²¹/

Idiom

白璧微瑕

minor blemish in a thing of beauty; slight defect in a person of integrity

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