"名落孫山" meaning in All languages combined

See 名落孫山 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /miŋ³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɪŋ²¹ lɔːk̚² syːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ loʔ⁴⁻² sɯŋ³³⁻²³ sũã³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /miŋ³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/, /mɪŋ²¹ lɔːk̚² syːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/, /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ loʔ⁴⁻² sɯŋ³³⁻²³ sũã³³/ Chinese transliterations: míngluòsūnshān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄕㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ming⁴ lok⁶ syun¹ saan¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mian⁵ loh⁸ seng¹ suan¹, míngluòsūnshān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], míngluòsunshan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ming²-lo⁴-sun¹-shan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], míng-lwò-swūn-shān [Mandarin, Yale], mingluohsuenshan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], минлосуньшань [Mandarin, Palladius], minlosunʹšanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], mìhng lohk syūn sāan [Cantonese, Yale], ming⁴ lok⁹ syn¹ saan¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ming⁴ log⁶ xun¹ san¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], mian⁵ loh⁸ seng¹ suan¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], miâⁿ lo̍h sṳng suaⁿ [POJ, Teochew] Forms: 名落孙山
Etymology: A story during the Song dynasty Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|范公偁}} 范公偁, {{lang|zh|《過庭錄》}} 《過庭錄》 Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 名落孫山
  1. (figurative) to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition) Wikipedia link: Song dynasty Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
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      "english": "Sun Shan, a talented and humorous scholar from the Wu region, went to a different prefecture for the imperial examination. A fellow villager sent his son to go with Sun for the exam. When exam results were announced, the son of the fellow villager failed to make it in the list of successful candidates, while Sun Shan was the last name on the list. When they returned, the villager asked Sun how his son had performed, and Sun replied with a poem:\n My humble name appeared at the bottom of the list of successful candidates,\n While your dear son ranked behind me.",
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      "text": "吳人孫山,滑稽才子也。赴舉他郡,鄉人托以子偕往。鄉人子失意,山綴榜末。先歸,鄉人問其子得失,山曰:「解名盡處是孫山,賢郎更在孫山外。」",
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      "english": "Sun Shan, a talented and humorous scholar from the Wu region, went to a different prefecture for the imperial examination. A fellow villager sent his son to go with Sun for the exam. When exam results were announced, the son of the fellow villager failed to make it in the list of successful candidates, while Sun Shan was the last name on the list. When they returned, the villager asked Sun how his son had performed, and Sun replied with a poem:\n My humble name appeared at the bottom of the list of successful candidates,\n While your dear son ranked behind me.",
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      "zh-pron": "miâⁿ lo̍h sṳng suaⁿ"
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      "text": "吳人孫山,滑稽才子也。赴舉他郡,鄉人托以子偕往。鄉人子失意,山綴榜末。先歸,鄉人問其子得失,山曰:「解名盡處是孫山,賢郎更在孫山外。」",
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      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ log⁶ xun¹ san¹"
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      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ lɔːk̚² syːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/",
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