大放厥詞

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Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
to release; to free; to let go
to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
 
his; its word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (大放厥詞)
simp. (大放厥词)

Etymology

First attested in the early 9th century. Originally  / () in place of  / ()

馽羈大放厥辭富貴無能磨滅 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
𱅁羁大放厥辞富贵无能磨灭 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: c. 819, Han Yu, 祭柳子厚文, translated in English as In Memoriam (Liu Tsung-yüan) by H. A. Giles, 1922.
Zǐ zhī zhōng qì, tiān tuō zhíjī; yù pèi qióng jū, dà fàng jué cí. Fùguì wúnéng, mómiè shúi jì?
And thou, whom God released in mid-career from earthly bonds, weaver of the jewelled words, thou wilt be remembered when the imbeciles of fortune and place are forgot.

Note that the meaning of this word has changed greatly from describing beautiful and elaborate writing to describing boastful and argumentative language (pejoratively).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (7) (7) (1) (1) (28) (28) (17)
Final () (25) (94) (106) (106) (60) (68) (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Closed Closed Closed Open
Division () I I III III III III III
Fanqie
Baxter dajH daH pjangX pjangH kjut kjwot zi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /pʉɐŋX/ /pʉɐŋH/ /kɨut̚/ /kʉɐt̚/ /zɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /pʷiɐŋX/ /pʷiɐŋH/ /kiut̚/ /kʷiɐt̚/ /zɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /piuɑŋX/ /piuɑŋH/ /kiuət̚/ /kiuɐt̚/ /zie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dajH/ /daH/ /puaŋX/ /puaŋH/ /kut̚/ /kuat̚/ /zɨ/
Li
Rong
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /piuaŋX/ /piuaŋH/ /kiuət̚/ /kiuɐt̚/ /ziə/
Wang
Li
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /pĭwaŋX/ /pĭwaŋH/ /kĭuət̚/ /kĭwɐt̚/ /zĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱɑiH/ /dʱɑH/ /piwaŋX/ /piwaŋH/ /ki̯uət̚/ /ki̯wɐt̚/ /zi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dài duò fǎng fàng ju jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
daai6 do6 fong2 fong3 gwat1 gyut3 ci4

Idiom

大放厥詞

  1. (derogatory) to talk a lot of nonsense; to let out a spate of stuff and nonsense