王八看綠豆——對上眼了
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[edit]tortoise; turtle; cuckold | to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think |
mung bean | couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right |
up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
eye | to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) | |||
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trad. (王八看綠豆——對上眼了) | 王八 | 看 | 綠豆 | —— | 對 | 上 | 眼 | 了 | |
simp. (王八看绿豆——对上眼了) | 王八 | 看 | 绿豆 | —— | 对 | 上 | 眼 | 了 | |
alternative forms | 王八看綠豆——看對眼了/王八看绿豆——看对眼了 王八看綠豆——看上眼了/王八看绿豆——看上眼了 王八看綠豆——對眼了/王八看绿豆——对眼了 | ||||||||
Literally: “A tortoise gazes at two mung beans ― taking a fancy to each other. (because a tortoise's eyes look like two mung beans)”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ , ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wángbå kàn lyùdòu, duèishàng yǎn le̊
- Wade–Giles: wang2-pa5 kʻan4 lü4-tou4, tui4-shang4 yen3 lê5
- Yale: wáng-ba kàn lyù-dòu-, dwèi-shàng yǎn le
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangba kann liuhdow, dueyshanq yean .le
- Palladius: ванба кань люйдоу, дуйшан янь лэ (vanba kanʹ ljujdou, dujšan janʹ lɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɑŋ³⁵ b̥ä³ kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴ lə⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]王八看綠豆——對上眼了
- (derogatory, humorous) Describes two ugly people who find each other attractive.
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