無源之水

Chinese

		without a source	's; him/her/it; this	water; river
trad. (無源之水)		無源	之	水
simp. (无源之水)		无源	之	水
Literally: “water without a source”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúyuánzhīshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúyuánzhīshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúyuánjhihshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-yüan²-chih¹-shui³
  - Yale: wú-ywán-jr̄-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyuanjyshoei
  - Palladius: уюаньчжишуй (ujuanʹčžišuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

無源之水

(figuratively) baseless

Derived terms

無根之木，無源之水／无根之木，无源之水 (wúgēn zhī mù, wúyuán zhī shuǐ)
無源之水，無本之木／无源之水，无本之木 (wúyuán zhī shuǐ, wúběn zhī mù)

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