付諸東流

Chinese

		pay	all; many; various	east	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (付諸東流)		付	諸	東	流
simp. (付诸东流)		付	诸	东	流
alternative forms		付之東流／付之东流
Literally: “to throw into the east flowing river”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùzhūdōngliú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄉㄨㄥㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ zyu¹ dung¹ lau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fùzhūdōngliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄉㄨㄥㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhjudongliou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùjhudonglióu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ljoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ zyu¹ dung¹ lau⁴
  - Yale: fuh jyū dūng làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ dzy¹ dung¹ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ ju¹ dung¹ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² t͡ʃyː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

付諸東流

(figuratively) to go in vain; to go down the drain; to be completely wasted

Synonyms

功敗垂成／功败垂成 (gōngbàichuíchéng)
前功盡棄／前功尽弃 (qiángōngjìnqì)

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