不蔓不枝

Chinese

		not; no	creeper; to spread; Brassica campestris	not; no	branch; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (不蔓不枝)		不	蔓	不	枝
Literally: “neither spreading about nor branching out”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùmàn-bùzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ maan⁶ bat¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùmàn-bùzhī [Phonetic: búmàn-bùzhī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumannbujy
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ män⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ maan⁶ bat¹ zi¹
  - Yale: bāt maahn bāt jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ maan⁶ bat⁷ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ man⁶ bed¹ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mäːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

不蔓不枝

(figuratively) succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)

Derived terms

中通外直，不蔓不枝

Synonyms

不枝不蔓 (bùzhī-bùmàn)

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