膠柱鼓瑟

See also: 胶柱鼓瑟

Chinese

		glue; gum	pillar	to play a se
trad. (膠柱鼓瑟)		膠	柱	鼓瑟
simp. (胶柱鼓瑟)		胶	柱	鼓瑟
Literally: “to play a zither whose bridge is glued to the sound board”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāozhùgǔsè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄓㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ cyu⁵ gu² sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāozhùgǔsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄓㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiaojhùgǔsè
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹-chu⁴-ku³-sê⁴
  - Yale: jyāu-jù-gǔ-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaujuhguuseh
  - Palladius: цзяочжугусэ (czjaočžugusɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau¹ cyu⁵ gu² sat¹
  - Yale: gāau chyúh gú sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ tsy⁵ gu² sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ qu⁵ gu² sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyː¹³ kuː³⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

膠柱鼓瑟

to stubbornly stick to old ways

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