"三七二十一" meaning in Chinese

See 三七二十一 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/, /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/, /sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/, /sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/ Chinese transliterations: sān qī èrshíyī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sān qī èrshíyī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], san ci èrshíhyi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], san¹ chʻi¹ êrh⁴-shih²-i¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], sān chī èr-shŕ-yī [Mandarin, Yale], san chi ellshyri [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сань ци эршии [Mandarin, Palladius], sanʹ ci eršii [Mandarin, Palladius], sāam chāt yih sahp yāt [Cantonese, Yale], saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sam^ˊ qid^ˋ ngi^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], siib idˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], sam^ˊ qid^ˋ ngi^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], siib [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], idˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern]
Etymology: Originally a line in the Chinese multiplication table. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 三七二十一
  1. (figurative) (to not care about) the actual situation; facts of the matter Wikipedia link: Chinese multiplication table Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Synonyms: 三七廿一 Derived forms: 不問三七二十一, 不问三七二十一, 不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī), 管他三七二十一 (guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī)
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "three sevensbeget twenty-one",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        {
          "word": "不問三七二十一"
        },
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          "word": "不问三七二十一"
        },
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          "roman": "bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī",
          "word": "不管三七二十一"
        },
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          "roman": "guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī",
          "word": "管他三七二十一"
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      "zh-pron": "sān qī èrshíyī"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sān qī èrshíyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san ci èrshíhyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san¹ chʻi¹ êrh⁴-shih²-i¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sān chī èr-shŕ-yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san chi ellshyri"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сань ци эршии"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sanʹ ci eršii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāam chāt yih sahp yāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam^ˊ qid^ˋ ngi^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siib idˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam^ˊ qid^ˋ ngi^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siib"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "idˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "三七二十一"
}
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      "word": "不問三七二十一"
    },
    {
      "word": "不问三七二十一"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī",
      "word": "不管三七二十一"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī",
      "word": "管他三七二十一"
    }
  ],
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 七",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 三",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 十",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Hakka idioms",
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        "(figurative) (to not care about) the actual situation; facts of the matter"
      ],
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        "Chinese multiplication table"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sān qī èrshíyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sān qī èrshíyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san ci èrshíhyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san¹ chʻi¹ êrh⁴-shih²-i¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sān chī èr-shŕ-yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "san chi ellshyri"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сань ци эршии"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sanʹ ci eršii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāam chāt yih sahp yāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam^ˊ qid^ˋ ngi^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siib idˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
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    },
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        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam^ˊ qid^ˋ ngi^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siib"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "idˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "三七廿一"
    }
  ],
  "word": "三七二十一"
}

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