五日京兆

Chinese

		five days	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (五日京兆)		五	日	京兆

Etymology

During the Western Han dynasty, Zhang Chang was a Jingzhaoyin (an official position) who was going to be dismissed from his post. A subordinate refused to handle cases for him upon knowing this, and said, "He's going to be a Jingzhaoyin for no longer than five days. How could he handle any more cases?" See 《漢書•張敞傳》.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔrìjīngzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔrìjīngzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔrìhjingjhào
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-jih⁴-ching¹-chao⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-r̀-jīng-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuryhjingjaw
    • Palladius: ужицзинчжао (užiczinčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

五日京兆

1. an official who doesn't expect to remain long in office