門可羅雀

Chinese

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Etymology

From a story in the Records of the Grand Historian:

始翟公為廷尉，賓客闐門；及廢，門外可設雀羅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

始翟公为廷尉，宾客阗门；及废，门外可设雀罗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

Shǐ Zhái Gōng wéi tíngwèi, bīnkè tián mén; jí fèi, ménwài kě shè què luó. [Pinyin]

When Zhai Gong was a court official, guests filled his door, but when he was dismissed, a net could be used to catch sparrows outside his gate.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ménkěluóquè

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ ho² lo⁴ zoek³
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-khó-lô-chhiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménkěluóquè
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménkěluócyuè
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-kʻo³-lo²-chʻüeh⁴
  - Yale: mén-kě-lwó-chywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menkeeluochiueh
  - Palladius: мэнькэлоцюэ (mɛnʹkɛlocjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ ho² lo⁴ zoek³
  - Yale: mùhn hó lòh jeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ ho² lo⁴ dzoek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ ho² lo⁴ zêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ hɔː³⁵ lɔː²¹ t͡ʃœːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-khó-lô-chhiok
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-khó-lô-tshiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngqoyloichiog
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²/

Idiom

門可羅雀

(figurative) to have few visitors

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 拍烏蠅／拍乌蝇

Antonyms

門庭若市／门庭若市 (méntíngruòshì)

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