"爛泥扶不上牆" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /län⁵¹ ni³⁵ fu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /laːn²² nɐi̯²¹ fuː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /län⁵¹ ni³⁵ fu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/, /laːn²² nɐi̯²¹ fuː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lànní fú bù shàng qiáng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄢˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], laan⁶ nai⁴ fu⁴ bat¹ soeng⁵ coeng⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lànní fú bù shàng qiáng [Phonetic:lànní fú bú shàng qiáng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lànní fú bù shàng ciáng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lan⁴-ni² fu² pu⁴ shang⁴ chʻiang² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], làn-ní fú bù shàng chyáng [Mandarin, Yale], lannni fwu bu shanq chyang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ланьни фу бу шан цян [Mandarin, Palladius], lanʹni fu bu šan cjan [Mandarin, Palladius], laahn nàih fùh bāt séuhng chèuhng [Cantonese, Yale], laan⁶ nai⁴ fu⁴ bat⁷ soeng⁵ tsoeng⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lan⁶ nei⁴ fu⁴ bed¹ sêng⁵ cêng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 烂泥扶不上墙
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 爛泥扶不上牆
  1. to be so incompetent that others' help is of no use; to be hopelessly inept Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 爛泥扶唔上壁 [Cantonese], 烂泥扶唔上壁 [Cantonese], 濫泥糊毋上壁 [Hakka], 滥泥糊毋上壁 [Hakka] Related terms: 朽木不可雕 (xiǔmù bùkě diāo), 扶不起的阿斗
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "烂泥扶不上墙",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "zh",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be so incompetent that others' help is of no use; to be hopelessly inept"
      ],
      "id": "en-爛泥扶不上牆-zh-phrase-8k2UcZ7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "incompetent",
          "incompetent"
        ],
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "hopelessly",
          "hopelessly"
        ],
        [
          "inept",
          "inept"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "xiǔmù bùkě diāo",
          "word": "朽木不可雕"
        },
        {
          "word": "扶不起的阿斗"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "爛泥扶唔上壁"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "烂泥扶唔上壁"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "濫泥糊毋上壁"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "滥泥糊毋上壁"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànní fú bù shàng qiáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄢˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laan⁶ nai⁴ fu⁴ bat¹ soeng⁵ coeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànní fú bù shàng qiáng [Phonetic:lànní fú bú shàng qiáng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànní fú bù shàng ciáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lan⁴-ni² fu² pu⁴ shang⁴ chʻiang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "làn-ní fú bù shàng chyáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lannni fwu bu shanq chyang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ланьни фу бу шан цян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lanʹni fu bu šan cjan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ni³⁵ fu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laahn nàih fùh bāt séuhng chèuhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laan⁶ nai⁴ fu⁴ bat⁷ soeng⁵ tsoeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lan⁶ nei⁴ fu⁴ bed¹ sêng⁵ cêng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːn²² nɐi̯²¹ fuː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: lànní fú bú shàng qiáng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ni³⁵ fu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːn²² nɐi̯²¹ fuː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "爛泥扶不上牆"
}
{
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    {
      "form": "烂泥扶不上墙",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "爛泥扶不上牆",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "xiǔmù bùkě diāo",
      "word": "朽木不可雕"
    },
    {
      "word": "扶不起的阿斗"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 上",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 扶",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 泥",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 爛",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 牆",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be so incompetent that others' help is of no use; to be hopelessly inept"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incompetent",
          "incompetent"
        ],
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "hopelessly",
          "hopelessly"
        ],
        [
          "inept",
          "inept"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànní fú bù shàng qiáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄢˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laan⁶ nai⁴ fu⁴ bat¹ soeng⁵ coeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànní fú bù shàng qiáng [Phonetic:lànní fú bú shàng qiáng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànní fú bù shàng ciáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lan⁴-ni² fu² pu⁴ shang⁴ chʻiang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "làn-ní fú bù shàng chyáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lannni fwu bu shanq chyang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ланьни фу бу шан цян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lanʹni fu bu šan cjan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ni³⁵ fu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laahn nàih fùh bāt séuhng chèuhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laan⁶ nai⁴ fu⁴ bat⁷ soeng⁵ tsoeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lan⁶ nei⁴ fu⁴ bed¹ sêng⁵ cêng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːn²² nɐi̯²¹ fuː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: lànní fú bú shàng qiáng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ni³⁵ fu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːn²² nɐi̯²¹ fuː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "爛泥扶唔上壁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "烂泥扶唔上壁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "濫泥糊毋上壁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "滥泥糊毋上壁"
    }
  ],
  "word": "爛泥扶不上牆"
}

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