風花雪月

See also: 风花雪月

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	snow	moon; month
trad. (風花雪月)		風	花	雪	月
simp. (风花雪月)		风	花	雪	月
Literally: “wind, flower, snow and moon”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnghuāxuěyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄏㄨㄚㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ faa¹ syut³ jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnghuāxuěyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄏㄨㄚㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fonghuasyuěyuè
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-hua¹-hsüeh³-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: fēng-hwā-sywě-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenghuasheueyueh
  - Palladius: фэнхуасюэюэ (fɛnxuasjuejue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ faa¹ syut³ jyut⁶
  - Yale: fūng fā syut yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ faa¹ syt⁸ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ fa¹ xud³ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ ʃyːt̚³ jyːt̚²/

Idiom

風花雪月

trite poetry subject; effete language without substance
romantic themes; love affair; debaucherous life

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