馬路三寶

Chinese

		wide road used for horses and horse-drawn carriages	three precious things; Three Ancestral Treasures
trad. (馬路三寶)		馬路	三寶
simp. (马路三宝)		马路	三宝

Etymology

Originally generalized by PTT users as three types of bad drivers: 女人 (nǚrén, “women”), 老人 (lǎorén, “old people”), and 老女人 (lǎo nǚrén, “old women”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎlù sānbǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙㄢㄅㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎlù sānbǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙㄢㄅㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎlù sanbǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-lu⁴ san¹-pao³
  - Yale: mǎ-lù sān-bǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maaluh sanbao
  - Palladius: малу саньбао (malu sanʹbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

馬路三寶

(Taiwan, Internet slang) bad drivers that do not obey traffic rules

Synonyms

三寶／三宝 (sānbǎo)

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