文人相輕

Chinese

		scholar; intellectual; man of letters	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (文人相輕)		文人	相	輕
simp. (文人相轻)		文人	相	轻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénrénxiāngqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ jan⁴ soeng¹ hing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénrénxiāngqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnrénsiangcing
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-jên²-hsiang¹-chʻing¹
    • Yale: wén-rén-syāng-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenrenshiangching
    • Palladius: вэньжэньсянцин (vɛnʹžɛnʹsjancin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ jan⁴ soeng¹ hing¹
    • Yale: màhn yàhn sēung hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ jan⁴ soeng¹ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ yen⁴ sêng¹ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

文人相輕

1. scholars (tend to) disparage one another