吹皺一池春水

Chinese

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to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure

!to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease

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one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)

!pond; reservoir

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spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life

!water; river |- !trad. (吹皺一池春水) | 吹 | 皺 | 一 | 池 | 春 | 水 |- !simp. (吹皱一池春水) | 吹 | 皱 | 一 | 池 | 春 | 水 |}

Etymology

Literally: a breeze causes ripples in the water of a spring-time pond

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuī zhòu yīchí chūn shuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄓㄡˋ ㄧ ㄔˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: chuī zhòu yīchí chūn shuǐ [Phonetic: chuī zhòu yìchí chūn shuǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄓㄡˋ ㄧ ㄔˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei jow yi1chyr chuen shoei
      • IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

吹皺一池春水

  1. to make waves; to cause ripples; to have an impact; cause a stir
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