不枝不蔓

Chinese

		not; no	branch; (a measure word)	not; no	creeper; to spread; Brassica campestris
simp. and trad. (不枝不蔓)		不	枝	不	蔓
Literally: “neither branching out nor spreading about”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhī-bùmàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùzhī-bùmàn [Phonetic: bùzhī-búmàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4jybu4mann
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ma̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶
  - Yale: bāt jī bāt maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ bat⁷ maan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ bed¹ man⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɑːn²²/

Idiom

不枝不蔓

(figuratively) succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)

Synonyms

不蔓不枝 (bùmàn-bùzhī)

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