懲羹吹齏

Chinese

		punish; discipline	soup	to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	fragment; spices
trad. (懲羹吹齏/懲羹吹虀)		懲	羹	吹	齏/虀
simp. (惩羹吹齑)		惩	羹	吹	齑
Literally: “Once burnt by hot soup, one would blow at cold food”.

Etymology

懲於羹者而吹齏兮，何不變此志也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]

惩于羹者而吹齑兮，何不变此志也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

Chéng yú gēng zhě ér chuī jī xī, hé bùbiàn cǐ zhì yě? [Pinyin]

If a person gets burnt by hot soup, he would blow at cold food. Why do you still not change your ambition?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénggēngchuījī

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄥㄔㄨㄟㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gang¹ ceoi¹ zai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénggēngchuījī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄥㄔㄨㄟㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénggengchueiji
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-kêng¹-chʻui¹-chi¹
  - Yale: chéng-gēng-chwēi-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernggengchueiji
  - Palladius: чэнгэнчуйцзи (čɛngɛnčujczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ gang¹ ceoi¹ zai¹
  - Yale: chīng gāng chēui jāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gang¹ tsoey¹ dzai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ geng¹ cêu¹ zei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

懲羹吹齏

(literary) once bitten, twice shy

Synonyms

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩／一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳 (yīzhāo bèi shé yǎo, shínián pà cǎoshéng)

Descendants

→ Japanese: 羹(あつもの)に懲(こ)りて膾(なます)を吹(ふ)く (atsumono ni kori te namasu o fuku) (calque)

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