何不食肉糜

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Chinese

why not to eat minced meat; ground meat
trad. (何不食肉糜) 何不 肉糜
simp. #(何不食肉糜) 何不 肉糜
Literally: “Why don't they eat mince?”.

Etymology

A quote by Emperor Hui (259–307) of Western Jin, recorded in 《晉書》.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/3 2/3 3/3 2/2 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (1) (1) (1) (27) (38) (4)
Final () (94) (136) (136) (60) (134) (4) (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Closed Open Open Open
Division () I III III III III III III
Fanqie
Baxter ha pjuw pjuwX pjut zyik nyuwk mje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /ʑɨk̚/ /ȵɨuk̚/ /mˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /ʑɨk̚/ /ȵiuk̚/ /mᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /ʑiek̚/ /ȵʑiuk̚/ /miɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /ʑik̚/ /ȵuwk̚/ /mjiə̆/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /d͡ʑiək̚/ /ȵiuk̚/ /mje/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /d͡ʑĭək̚/ /ȵʑĭuk̚/ /mǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/ /ȵʑi̯uk̚/ /mie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu shí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho4 fau1 fau2 fat1 sik6 juk6 mei4

Phrase

何不食肉糜

  1. (sarcastic) Describing an impractical, ridiculous and often arrogant advise from someone uninvolved: If they have no bread to eat, let them eat cake.