棄若敝屣

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	worn-out shoes; something worthless
trad. (棄若敝屣)		棄	若	敝屣
simp. (弃若敝屣)		弃	若	敝屣
Literally: “to throw away a worn-out sandal”.

Etymology

See the etymology at 如棄敝屣.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìruòbìxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ joek⁶ bai⁶ saai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìruòbìxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìruòbìsǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-jo⁴-pi⁴-hsi³
    • Yale: chì-rwò-bì-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihruohbihshii
    • Palladius: цижобиси (cižobisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ joek⁶ bai⁶ saai²
    • Yale: hei yeuhk baih sáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ joek⁹ bai⁶ saai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ yêg⁶ bei⁶ sai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jœːk̚² pɐi̯²² saːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

棄若敝屣

1. to throw away something as if it were worthless

See also

• 視若敝屣／视若敝屣 (shìruòbìxǐ)