車載斗量

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Chinese

to transport by vehicle; mounted on a vehicle; vehicular
ladle; dipper; small
ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
 
capacity; quantity; amount
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
 
trad. (車載斗量) 車載
simp. (车载斗量) 车载
Literally: “enough to fill carts and be measured by the bushel”.

Etymology

From the Book of Wu:

:「大夫幾人?」:「聰明特達九十車載斗量不可勝數。」
:「大夫几人?」:「聪明特达九十车载斗量不可胜数。」
From: circa 280, Wei Zhao, Xue Ying, et al., The Book of Wu, quoted in Pei Songzhi's annotations to The Records of the Three Kingdoms (三國志·吳書·孫權傳)
Yòu yuē: “Wú rú dàfū zhě jǐrén?” Zī yuē: “Cōngmíng tèdá zhě bājiǔshí rén, rú chén zhī bǐ, chē zǎi dǒu liàng, bùkěshèngshù.”
He further asked: "How many ministers in your country Wu are like you?" Zi replied: "Men with exceptional intelligence number eighty to ninety. As for those like me—cartloads and bushels, innumerous beyond counting."

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/3 3/3 1/1 1/2
Initial () (24) (13) (15) (5) (37)
Final () (100) (41) (41) (137) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open Open
Division () III I I I III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhae tsojH dzojH tuwX ljang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰia/ /t͡sʌiH/ /d͡zʌiH/ /təuX/ /lɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰia/ /t͡səiH/ /d͡zəiH/ /təuX/ /liɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰia/ /t͡sɒiH/ /d͡zɒiH/ /təuX/ /liɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰia/ /t͡səjH/ /d͡zəjH/ /təwX/ /lɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰia/ /t͡sᴀiH/ /d͡zᴀiH/ /tuX/ /liaŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭa/ /t͡sɒiH/ /d͡zɒiH/ /təuX/ /lĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯a/ /t͡sɑ̆iH/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/ /tə̯uX/ /li̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chē zài zài dǒu liáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ce1 zoi3 zoi6 dau2 loeng4

Idiom

車載斗量

  1. common and numerous