滾瓜爛熟

Chinese

		to boil; to roll	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	overcooked; rotten; soft	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
trad. (滾瓜爛熟)		滾	瓜	爛	熟
simp. (滚瓜烂熟)		滚	瓜	烂	熟
Literally: “ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔnguā lànshú, gǔnguā lànshóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ, ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan² gwaa¹ laan⁶ suk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǔnguā lànshú
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goengua lannshwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠⁵⁵ la̠n⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǔnguā lànshóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄚㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goengua lannshour
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠⁵⁵ la̠n⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwan² gwaa¹ laan⁶ suk⁶
  - Yale: gwán gwā laahn suhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwan² gwaa¹ laan⁶ suk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guen² gua¹ lan⁶ sug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵ kʷɑː⁵⁵ lɑːn²² sʊk̚²/

Idiom

滾瓜爛熟

(to know something) by heart; (recite, etc.) fluently

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