敝帚自珍

Chinese


trad. (敝帚自珍)		敝帚	自珍
simp. ^#(敝帚自珍)		敝帚	自珍
Literally: “to cherish one's own shabby broom”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìzhǒuzìzhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄡˇ ㄗˋ ㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ zau² zi⁶ zan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìzhǒuzìzhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄡˇ ㄗˋ ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìjhǒuzìhjhen
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chou³-tzŭ⁴-chên¹
  - Yale: bì-jǒu-dz̀-jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjooutzyhjen
  - Palladius: бичжоуцзычжэнь (bičžouczyčžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai⁶ zau² zi⁶ zan¹
  - Yale: baih jáu jih jān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ dzau² dzi⁶ dzan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ zeo² ji⁶ zen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː²² t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

敝帚自珍

(figurative) to cherish something of little value simply because it is one's own

Synonyms

敝帚千金 (bìzhǒuqiānjīn)

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