不蔓不枝
Chinese
| not; no | creeper; to spread; Brassica campestris | not; no | branch; (a measure word) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不蔓不枝) | 不 | 蔓 | 不 | 枝 | |
| simp. #(不蔓不枝) | 不 | 蔓 | 不 | 枝 | |
| anagram | 不枝不蔓 | ||||
| Literally: “neither spreading about nor branching out”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùmànbùzhī [Phonetic: búmànbùzhī]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùmànbùjhih
- Wade–Giles: pu4-man4-pu4-chih1
- Yale: bù-màn-bù-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumannbujy
- Palladius: буманьбучжи (bumanʹbučži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ män⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 maan6 bat1 zi1
- Yale: bāt maahn bāt jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 maan6 bat7 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 man6 bed1 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ maːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
不蔓不枝
- (figurative) succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)
Synonyms
- 不枝不蔓 (bùzhībùmàn)
Derived terms
- 中通外直，不蔓不枝