塚中枯骨

See also: 冢中枯骨

Chinese

		mound	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	dried up	bone
trad. (塚中枯骨/冢中枯骨)		塚/冢	中	枯	骨
simp. (冢中枯骨)		冢	中	枯	骨
Literally: “dry bones in a grave”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǒngzhōngkūgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄎㄨㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung² zung¹ fu¹ gwat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǒngzhōngkūgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄎㄨㄍㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joongjongkuguu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung² zung¹ fu¹ gwat¹
  - Yale: chúng jūng fū gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung² dzung¹ fu¹ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung² zung¹ fu¹ gued¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

塚中枯骨

a deadbeat; a useless person; a person without any power or influence
- 孔融曰：「袁公路塚中枯骨，何足掛齒！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  孔融曰：“袁公路冢中枯骨，何足挂齿！” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Kǒng Róng yuē: “Yuán Gōnglù zhǒngzhōngkūgǔ, hézúguàchǐ!” [Pinyin]
  Kong Rong said, "Yuan Gonglu is a deadbeat; he's not even worth mentioning!"

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