寶山空回

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	mountain; hill	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
trad. (寶山空回)		寶	山	空	回
simp. (宝山空回)		宝	山	空	回
Literally: “return empty-handed from a mountain of treasure”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎoshān kōnghuí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢㄎㄨㄥㄏㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² saan¹ hung¹ wui⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎoshān kōnghuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢㄎㄨㄥㄏㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoshan konghwei
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² saan¹ hung¹ wui⁴
  - Yale: bóu sāan hūng wùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² saan¹ hung¹ wui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² san¹ hung¹ wui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ sɑːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ wuːi̯²¹/

Idiom

寶山空回

to fail to benefit from a visit to a great master, a center of learning, etc.

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