小米加步槍
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Chinese
| hulled grain of foxtail millet | to add; plus | rifle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小米加步槍) | 小米 | 加 | 步槍 | |
| simp. (小米加步枪) | 小米 | 加 | 步枪 | |
| Literally: “millet plus rifles”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): xiǎomǐ jiā bùqiāng
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄤ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomǐ jiā bùqiāng
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomǐ jia bùciang
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-mi3 chia1 pu4-chʻiang1
- Yale: syǎu-mǐ jyā bù-chyāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumii jia buhchiang
- Palladius: сяоми цзя буцян (sjaomi czja bucjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
小米加步槍
- (Mainland China, figuratively) few provisions and poor-quality equipment
- 我們現在還沒有原子彈。但是，過去我們也沒有飛機和大炮，我們是用小米加步槍打敗了日本帝國主義和蔣介石的。
- From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Wǒmen xiànzài hái méiyǒu yuánzǐdàn. Dànshì, guòqù wǒmen yě méiyǒu fēijī hé dàpào, wǒmen shì yòng xiǎomǐ jiā bùqiāng dǎbài le Rìběn dìguó zhǔyì hé Jiǎng Jièshí de.
- We do not have the atom bomb yet. But neither did we have planes and artillery in the past. We defeated the Japanese imperialists and Chiang Kai-shek with millet plus rifles.
我们现在还没有原子弹。但是，过去我们也没有飞机和大炮，我们是用小米加步枪打败了日本帝国主义和蒋介石的。