厚古薄今

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	ancient; old	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (厚古薄今)		厚	古	薄	今
simp. ^#(厚古薄今)		厚	古	薄	今

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòugǔbójīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ gu² bok⁶ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hòugǔbójīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howguuborjin
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòugǔbójin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pwɔ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁵ gu² bok⁶ gam¹
  - Yale: háuh gú bohk gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ gu² bok⁹ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ gu² bog⁶ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ kuː³⁵ pɔːk̚² kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

厚古薄今

to highly praisethe past but despise the present

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