打水漂

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	ducks and drakes
simp. and trad. (打水漂)		打	水漂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎ shuǐpiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎ shuǐpiāo [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa shoeipiau
  - IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎshuǐpiāor [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashoeipiaul
  - IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰjaʊɻʷ⁵⁵/

Verb

打水漂

(original meaning) to play ducks and drakes
(figuratively) to waste (a large amount of money); to squander; to lose entirely

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