石沉大海
Chinese
| rock; stone; 10 pecks | submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop |
ocean; sea; large bowl or wine cup | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (石沉大海/石沈大海) | 石 | 沉/沈 | 大海 | |
| simp. (石沉大海) | 石 | 沉 | 大海 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shíchéndàhǎi
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchéndàhǎi
- Wade–Giles: shih2-chʻên2-ta4-hai3
- Yale: shŕ-chén-dà-hǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrcherndahhae
- Palladius: шичэньдахай (šičɛnʹdaxaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sek6 cam4 daai6 hoi2
- Yale: sehk chàhm daaih hói
- Cantonese Pinyin: sek9 tsam4 daai6 hoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: ség6 cem4 dai6 hoi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛːk̚² t͡sʰɐm²¹ taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
石沉大海
- (literally) a stone sinks in the ocean
- 2022 August 28, 银晟, “石币说”, in Economic Daily[1], page 12:
- 岛民们认为，石币的丢失不能怪罪拥有者，石沉大海纯属意外。且石币“存放”于海底极为安全，无非就是换个地方保存而已，并不影响财富存在。 [MSC, simp.]
- Dǎomín men rènwèi, shíbì de diūshī bùnéng guàizuì yōngyǒu zhě, shíchéndàhǎi chúnshǔ yìwài. Qiě shíbì “cúnfàng” yú hǎidǐ jíwéi ānquán, wúfēi jiùshì huànge dìfāng bǎocún éryǐ, bìngbù yǐngxiǎng cáifù cúnzài. [Pinyin]
- The islanders maintain that the loss of the rai stone cannot be blamed on its owner, as its sinking into the ocean was purely accidental. Moreover, the stone is now 'stored' beneath the waves in the utmost security—it is simply a change of location for safekeeping and does not in any way affect the existence of the asset.
島民們認為，石幣的丟失不能怪罪擁有者，石沉大海純屬意外。且石幣“存放”於海底極為安全，無非就是換個地方保存而已，並不影響財富存在。 [MSC, trad.]
- to receive no response; to never hear back from someone or about something