不落窠臼

Chinese

		not; no	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	set pattern; rut; stereotypical pattern
trad. (不落窠臼)		不	落	窠臼
simp. #(不落窠臼)		不	落	窠臼
Literally: “to not follow the beaten track”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùluòkējiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄜ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ lok⁶ fo¹ kau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùluòkējiù [Phonetic: búluòkējiù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄜ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùluòkejiòu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lo⁴-kʻo¹-chiu⁴
    • Yale: bù-lwò-kē-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buluohkejiow
    • Palladius: булокэцзю (bulokɛczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ lok⁶ fo¹ kau⁵
    • Yale: bāt lohk fō káuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lok⁹ fo¹ kau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ log⁶ fo¹ keo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɔːk̚² fɔː⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

不落窠臼

1. to have an original style; to be unconventional; to be original