說古道今

See also: 说古道今

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	ancient; old	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (說古道今)		說	古	道	今
simp. (说古道今)		说	古	道	今

Etymology

From General Yue Fei [circa 17th–18th c.].

你們又文縐縐的說古道今，我那裏省得？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]

你们又文绉绉的说古道今，我那里省得？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan

Nǐmen yòu wénzhòuzhòu de shuōgǔdàojīn, wǒ nà lǐ xǐngdé? [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōgǔdàojīn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ gu² dou⁶ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuōgǔdàojīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuogǔdàojin
  - Wade–Giles: shuo¹-ku³-tao⁴-chin¹
  - Yale: shwō-gǔ-dàu-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoguudawjin
  - Palladius: шогудаоцзинь (šogudaoczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ gu² dou⁶ gam¹
  - Yale: syut gú douh gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ gu² dou⁶ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ gu² dou⁶ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ kuː³⁵ tou̯²² kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

說古道今

to talk about everything under the sun

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