一抔黃土

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	take up in both hands	loess
trad. (一抔黃土)		一	抔	黃土
simp. (一抔黄土)		一	抔	黄土
Literally: “a handful of yellow earth”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīpóuhuángtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄆㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīpóuhuángtǔ [Phonetic: yìpóuhuángtǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄆㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yipóuhuángtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-pʻou²-huang²-tʻu³
  - Yale: yī-póu-hwáng-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipourhwangtuu
  - Palladius: ипоухуанту (ipouxuantu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

一抔黃土

(figuratively, literary) grave
(figuratively) little land
(figuratively) declining, insignificant reactionary force

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