燈臺不照自己

Chinese

		base of a lamp; lamp base; lampstand base of a lamp; lamp base; lampstand; lighthouse	not; no	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph	self; oneself; by oneself
trad. (燈臺不照自己/燈台不照自己)		燈臺/燈台	不	照	自己
simp. (灯台不照自己)		灯台	不	照	自己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngtái bù zhào zìjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngtái bù zhào zìjǐ [Phonetic: dēngtái bú zhào zìjǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengtái bù jhào zìhjǐ
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-tʻai² pu⁴ chao⁴ tzŭ⁴-chi³
    • Yale: dēng-tái bù jàu dz̀-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengtair bu jaw tzyhjii
    • Palladius: дэнтай бу чжао цзыцзи (dɛntaj bu čžao czyczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

燈臺不照自己

1. Synonym of 丈八燈臺——照遠不照近／丈八灯台——照远不照近 (zhàng bā dēngtái, zhào yuǎn bù zhào jìn)