臭皮匠

Chinese

		sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)	cobbler; tanner
simp. and trad. (臭皮匠)		臭	皮匠
Literally: “an unskilled cobbler”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chòupíjiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chòupíjiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chowpyijianq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Noun

臭皮匠

(idiomatic) person of mediocre talent

Derived terms

三個臭皮匠，勝過諸葛亮／三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮 (sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò Zhūgě Liàng)

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