大不如前

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (大不如前)		大	不如	前
simp. #(大不如前)		大	不如	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbùrúqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bat¹ jyu⁴ cin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-put-jû-chiân / tāi-put-jî-chiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbùrúqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbùrúcián
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pu⁴-ju²-chʻien²
    • Yale: dà-bù-rú-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahburuchyan
    • Palladius: дабужуцянь (dabužucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bat¹ jyu⁴ cin⁴
    • Yale: daaih bāt yùh chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bat⁷ jy⁴ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bed¹ yu⁴ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-put-jû-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-put-jû-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixputjucieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³⁻³³ t͡siɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-put-jî-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-put-jî-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixputjicieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ zi²³⁻³³ t͡siɛn²³/

Idiom

大不如前

1. to be much worse than it was before

   他已經七十多歲了，體力大不如前。 [MSC, trad.]
   他已经七十多岁了，体力大不如前。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yǐjīng qīshí duō suì le, tǐlì dàbùrúqián. [Pinyin]

   He is in his seventies. He does not have as much energy as before.