打爛砂盆問到篤
Chinese
to ask to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arriveserious (illness); sincere; true trad. (打爛砂盆問到篤) 打爛 砂盆 問 到 篤 simp. (打烂砂盆问到笃) 打烂 砂盆 问 到 笃 alt. forms 打爛沙盆問到篤／打烂沙盆问到笃
打爛砂盆璺到䐁／打烂砂盆璺到䐁
打爛砂盆璺到㞘／打烂砂盆璺到㞘Literally: “to break a claypot and ask (crack) to the bottom”.
Etymology
A pun based on the homophony of 璺 (man6, “crack”) and 問／问 (man6, “to ask”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: daa2 laan6 saa1 pun4 man6 dou3 duk1
- Yale: dá laahn sā pùhn mahn dou dūk
- Cantonese Pinyin: daa2 laan6 saa1 pun4 man6 dou3 duk7
- Guangdong Romanization: da2 lan6 sa1 pun4 men6 dou3 dug1
- IPA (key): /tɑː³⁵ lɑːn²² sɑː⁵⁵ pʰuːn²¹ mɐn²² tou̯³³ tʊk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
打爛砂盆問到篤
- (Cantonese) to keep asking questions to get to the bottom of something
Synonyms
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