涇渭分明

See also: 泾渭分明

Chinese

		name of a river	name of a river	clear; evident; plain clear; evident; plain; distinct; clearly; evidently; plainly; distinctly
trad. (涇渭分明)		涇	渭	分明
simp. (泾渭分明)		泾	渭	分明
Literally: “to be as different as the waters of the (muddy) Jing and the (limpid) Wei”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngwèifēnmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄣㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ wai⁶ fan¹ ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwèifēnmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄣㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingwèifenmíng
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-wei⁴-fên¹-ming²
  - Yale: jīng-wèi-fēn-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingweyfenming
  - Palladius: цзинвэйфэньмин (czinvɛjfɛnʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ wai⁶ fan¹ ming⁴
  - Yale: gīng waih fān mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ wai⁶ fan¹ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ wei⁶ fen¹ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²² fɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

涇渭分明

to be entirely different; to be completely distinct (right and wrong; good and bad)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.