魚目混珠

Chinese

		fish	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	to mix; to get along; thoughtless to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix	pearl; bead
trad. (魚目混珠)		魚	目	混	珠
simp. (鱼目混珠)		鱼	目	混	珠
Literally: “to pass off eyes as pearls”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúmùhùnzhū

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ muk⁶ wan⁶ zyu¹
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): hî-ba̍k-hūn-chu / hû-ba̍k-hūn-chu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúmùhùnzhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄓㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúmùhùnjhu
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-mu⁴-hun⁴-chu¹
  - Yale: yú-mù-hwùn-jū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumuhhuennju
  - Palladius: юймухуньчжу (jujmuxunʹčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ muk⁶ wan⁶ zyu¹
  - Yale: yùh muhk wahn jyū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ muk⁹ wan⁶ dzy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ mug⁶ wen⁶ ju¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ mʊk̚² wɐn²² t͡ʃyː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hî-ba̍k-hūn-chu
  - Tâi-lô: hî-ba̍k-hūn-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hi'baghuxnzw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²³⁻³³ bak̚⁴⁻³² hun³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-ba̍k-hūn-chu
  - Tâi-lô: hû-ba̍k-hūn-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hu'baghuxnzw
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴⁻³² hun³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/

Idiom

魚目混珠

to pass off fake products as genuine
- 如果動物吃的刀豆氨酸太多，它就可能魚目混珠，代替精氨酸而摻入蛋白質中。 [MSC, trad.]
  如果动物吃的刀豆氨酸太多，它就可能鱼目混珠，代替精氨酸而掺入蛋白质中。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014, 吴相钰 (Wu Xiangyu); 陈守良 (Chen Shouliang); 葛明德 (Ge Mingde), chief editors, 《陈阅增普通生物学》 [Chen Yuezeng General Biology], 4th edition, Beijing: Higher Education Press, →ISBN , page 251
  Rúguǒ dòngwù chī de dāodòu ānsuān tài duō, tā jiù kěnéng yúmùhùnzhū, dàitì jīng'ānsuān ér chānrù dànbáizhì zhōng. [Pinyin]
  If the animals eat too much canavanine, it may be passed off as arginine and be mixed into proteins.

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