中道而廢

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	abolish; crippled
trad. (中道而廢)		中	道	而	廢
simp. (中道而废)		中	道	而	废

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngdào'érfèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngdào'érfèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongdào-érfèi
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tao⁴-êrh²-fei⁴
    • Yale: jūng-dàu-ér-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongdawerlfey
    • Palladius: чжундаоэрфэй (čžundaoerfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

中道而廢

1. to give up halfway through a task; to not finish what one has started; to change horses in midstream