陳陳相因 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| old | old | each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually |
to follow | ||
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| trad. (陳陳相因) | 陳 | 陳 | 相 | 因 | |
| simp. (陈陈相因) | 陈 | 陈 | 相 | 因 | |
Originally refers to the way old grains a stockpiled in warehouses:
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): chénchénxiāngyīn
- (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄣ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chénchénxiāngyīn
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chénchénsiangyin
- Wade–Giles: chʻên2-chʻên2-hsiang1-yin1
- Yale: chén-chén-syāng-yīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernchernshiangin
- Palladius: чэньчэньсянъинь (čɛnʹčɛnʹsjanʺinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
陳陳相因
- (figurative) to become stagnant or obsolete due to rigid adherence to tradition; to be devoid of any innovation