破銅爛鐵

See also: 破铜烂铁

Chinese

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to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out

!copper !overcooked; rotten; soft !iron |- !trad. (破銅爛鐵) | 破 | 銅 | 爛 | 鐵 |- !simp. (破铜烂铁) | 破 | 铜 | 烂 | 铁 |}

Etymology

Literally "broken copper and broken iron".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòtóng-làntiě

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pòtóng-làntiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohtongrlanntiie
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ la̠n⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³
  - Yale: po tùhng laahn tit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ tung⁴ lan⁶ tid³
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹ lɑːn²² tʰiːt̚³/

Noun

破銅爛鐵

(idiomatic) useless rusty things made of iron or copper
(idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless, junk

快把這堆破銅爛鐵拿出去處理掉。 [MSC, trad.]
快把这堆破铜烂铁拿出去处理掉。 [MSC, simp.]
Kuài bǎ zhè duī pòtóng làntiě ná chūqù chǔlǐ diào. [Pinyin]
Quickly take this pile of junk out to be disposed of.

Synonyms

(useless rusty metal products):
- 爛銅爛鐵／烂铜烂铁
- 廢銅爛鐵／废铜烂铁
- (Min Nan) 歹銅舊錫／歹铜旧锡 (pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah, phái-tâng-kū-siah)
- (Hakka) 壞銅壞鐵／坏铜坏铁 (fái-tùng-fái-thiet)

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