豬八戒照鏡子——裡外不是人

Chinese

Zhu Bajie
according to; in accordance with; to shine
according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
 
 mirror; glasses; spectacles to be not a human being completely; unable to make anybody happy; please none of them
trad. (豬八戒照鏡子——裡外不是人/豬八戒照鏡子——裏外不是人) 豬八戒 照 鏡子 —— 裡外不是人/裏外不是人
simp. (猪八戒照镜子——里外不是人) 猪八戒 照 镜子 —— 里外不是人
Literally: “Zhu Bajie looks at the mirror - not a human both inside and outside”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Zhū Bājiè zhào jìngzi, lǐwài bù shì rén
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ , ㄌㄧˇ ㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhū Bājiè zhào jìngzi, lǐwài bù shì rén [Phonetic: Zhū Bājiè zhào jìngzi, lǐwài bú shì rén]
      • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ , ㄌㄧˇ ㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhu Bajiè jhào jìngzi̊h, lǐwài bù shìh rén
      • Wade–Giles: Chu1 Pa1-chieh4 chao4 ching4-tzŭ5, li3-wai4 pu4 shih4 jên2
      • Yale: Jū Bā-jyè jàu jìng-dz-, lǐ-wài bù shr̀ rén
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ju Bajieh jaw jinq.tzy, liiway buh bu ren
      • Palladius: Чжу Бацзе чжао цзинцзы, ливай бу ши жэнь (Čžu Bacze čžao czinczy, livaj bu ši žɛnʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ waɪ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Idiom

豬八戒照鏡子——裡外不是人

  1. to be unable to make anybody happy; to please none of them
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