泥菩薩過江

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person	to cross a river
trad. (泥菩薩過江)		泥	菩薩	過江
simp. (泥菩萨过江)		泥	菩萨	过江
Literally: “a clay bodhisattva statue crosses the river (― unable to even protect oneself)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nípúsàguòjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ pou⁴ saat³ gwo³ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nípúsàguòjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nípúsàguòjiang
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-pʻu²-sa⁴-kuo⁴-chiang¹
  - Yale: ní-pú-sà-gwò-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nipwusahguohjiang
  - Palladius: нипусагоцзян (nipusagoczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nai⁴ pou⁴ saat³ gwo³ gong¹
  - Yale: nàih pòuh saat gwo gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ pou⁴ saat⁸ gwo³ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ pou⁴ sad³ guo³ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ pʰou̯²¹ saːt̚³ kʷɔː³³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

泥菩薩過江

Short for 泥菩薩過江——自身難保／泥菩萨过江——自身难保 (nípúsàguòjiāng, zìshēnnánbǎo, “to be in trouble oneself and thus unable to help others”).

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