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上梁不正下梁歪

上梁不正下梁歪

Chinese

main beam crooked under beam; lower beam askew
trad. (上梁不正下梁歪/上樑不正下樑歪) 上梁/上樑 不正 下梁/下樑 歪
simp. (上梁不正下梁歪) 上梁 不正 下梁 歪
Literally: “If the top beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked”.

Proverb

上梁不正下梁歪

  1. If a leader sets a bad example, subordinates are likely to follow suit.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàngliáng bùzhèng xiàliáng wāi
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄞ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng6 loeng4 bat1 zing3 haa6 loeng4 waai1
  • Hakka (Sixian, PFS): song-liòng put-chṳn hâ-liòng vâi
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
      • Pinyin: shàngliáng bùzhèng xiàliáng wāi [Phonetic: shàngliáng búzhèng xiàliáng wāi]
      • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄞ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqliang bujenq shiahliang uai
      • IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ u̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: soeng6 loeng4 bat1 zing3 haa6 loeng4 waai1
      • Yale: seuhng lèuhng bāt jing hah lèuhng wāai
      • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng6 loeng4 bat7 dzing3 haa6 loeng4 waai1
      • IPA (key): /sœːŋ²² lœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ hɑː²² lœːŋ²¹ wɑːi̯⁵⁵/
  • Hakka

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