撂挑子

Chinese

		to leave (it)	shoulder pole with its load
simp. and trad. (撂挑子)		撂	挑子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàotiāozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàotiāozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàotiaozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴-tʻiao¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lyàu-tyāu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liawtiau.tzy
    • Palladius: ляотяоцзы (ljaotjaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Verb

撂挑子

1. (literally, originally Beijing and Tianjin Mandarin dialects) to put one's shoulder pole down
2. (figurative) to throw up one's job