孔夫子搬家——淨是書

Chinese
Confucius
 
to move house; to move to a new home; to move
to move house; to move to a new home; to move; to relocate
 clean; completely; only be; yes; this book; letter
trad. (孔夫子搬家——淨是書) 孔夫子 搬家 —— 淨 是 書
simp. (孔夫子搬家——净是书) 孔夫子 搬家 —— 净 是 书
Literally: “Confucius moves to a new home - everything is just books”.

Etymology

淨是書／净是书 (jìng shì shū) is a pun on 盡是輸／尽是输 (jìn shì shū, “to have always lost”).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kǒngfūzǐ bānjiā, jìng shì shū
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ , ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄨ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngfūzǐ bānjiā, jìng shì shū
      • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ , ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄨ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngfuzǐh banjia, jìng shìh shu
      • Wade–Giles: kʻung3-fu1-tzŭ3 pan1-chia1, ching4 shih4 shu1
      • Yale: kǔng-fū-dž bān-jyā-, jìng shr̀ shū
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongfutzyy banjia, jinq shyh shu
      • Palladius: кунфуцзы баньцзя, цзин ши шу (kunfuczy banʹczja, czin ši šu)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/

Idiom

孔夫子搬家——淨是書

  1. to have always lost and never won a single time
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