朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨

Chinese

		wealthy and respectable family		sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)		road; path; way	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to freeze	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	bone
trad. (朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨)		朱門	酒肉	臭	，	路	有	凍	死	骨
simp. (朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨)		朱门	酒肉	臭	，	路	有	冻	死	骨

Etymology

From Going from the Capital to Fengxian County, Singing My Feelings (five hundred words) by 杜甫 (Du Fu):

勸客駝蹄羹，霜橙壓香橘。朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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劝客驼蹄羹，霜橙压香橘。朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 杜甫, 《自京赴奉先詠懷五百字》; translated by Stephen Owen

Quàn kè tuó tí gēng, shuāng chéng yā xiāng jú. Zhūmén jiǔ ròu chòu, lù yǒu dòng sǐ gǔ. [Pinyin]

Guests are urged to taste camel-hoof stew, frosty oranges weigh upon sweet tangerines. Crimson gates reek with meat and ale, while on the streets are bones of the frozen dead.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūménjiǔròuchòu, lùyǒudòngsǐgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ ㄔㄡˋ , ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ mun⁴ zau² juk⁶ cau³, lou⁶ jau⁵ dung³ sei² gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūménjiǔròuchòu, lùyǒudòngsǐgǔ [Phonetic: zhūménjiǔròuchòu,lùyǒudòngsígǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ ㄔㄡˋ , ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuménjiǒuròuchòu, lùyǒudòngsǐhgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-mên²-chiu³-jou⁴-chʻou⁴, lu⁴-yu³-tung⁴-ssŭ³-ku³
    • Yale: jū-mén-jyǒu-ròu-chòu-, lù-yǒu-dùng-sž-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jumenjeourowchow, luhyeoudonqsyyguu
    • Palladius: чжумэньцзюжоучоу, луюдунсыгу (čžumɛnʹczjužoučou, lujudunsygu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ mun⁴ zau² juk⁶ cau³, lou⁶ jau⁵ dung³ sei² gwat¹
    • Yale: jyū mùhn jáu yuhk chau, louh yáuh dung séi gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ mun⁴ dzau² juk⁹ tsau³, lou⁶ jau⁵ dung³ sei² gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ mun⁴ zeo² yug⁶ ceo³, lou⁶ yeo⁵ dung³ séi² gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ muːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚² t͡sʰɐu̯³³ lou̯²² jɐu̯¹³ tʊŋ³³ sei̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyu mwon tsjuwX nyuwk tsyhuwH luH hjuwX tuwng|tuwngH sijX kwot

Rime
Character	朱	門	酒	肉	臭	路	有	凍	凍	死	骨
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	明 (4)	精 (13)	日 (38)	昌 (24)	來 (37)	云 (35)	端 (5)	端 (5)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	魂 (55)	尤 (136)	屋 (4)	尤 (136)	模 (23)	尤 (136)	東 (1)	東 (1)	脂 (17)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III	III	III	I	III	I	I	III	I
Fanqie	章俱切	莫奔切	子酉切	如六切	尺救切	洛故切	云久切	德紅切	多貢切	息姊切	古忽切
Baxter	tsyu	mwon	tsjuwX	nyuwk	tsyhuwH	luH	hjuwX	tuwng	tuwngH	sijX	kwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/	/muən/	/t͡sɨuX/	/ȵɨuk̚/	/t͡ɕʰɨuH/	/luoH/	/ɦɨuX/	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/	/sˠiɪX/	/kuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/	/muon/	/t͡siuX/	/ȵiuk̚/	/t͡ɕʰiuH/	/luoH/	/ɦiuX/	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/	/sᵚiX/	/kuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/	/muən/	/t͡siəuX/	/ȵʑiuk̚/	/t͡ɕʰiəuH/	/loH/	/ɣiəuX/	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/	/siɪX/	/kuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/	/mwən/	/t͡suwX/	/ȵuwk̚/	/cʰuwH/	/lɔH/	/ɦuwX/	/təwŋ/	/təwŋH/	/sjiX/	/kwət̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/	/muən/	/t͡siuX/	/ȵiuk̚/	/t͡ɕʰiuH/	/loH/	/ɣiuX/	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/	/sjiX/	/kuət̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/	/muən/	/t͡sĭəuX/	/ȵʑĭuk̚/	/t͡ɕʰĭəuH/	/luH/	/ɣĭəuX/	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/	/siX/	/kuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/	/muən/	/t͡si̯ə̯uX/	/ȵʑi̯uk̚/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯uH/	/luoH/	/i̯ə̯uX/	/tuŋ/	/tuŋH/	/siX/	/kuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū	mén	jiǔ	rù	chòu	lù	yǒu	dōng	dòng	sǐ	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1	mun4	zau2	juk6	cau3	lou6	jau5	dung1	dung3	si2	gwat1

Idiom

朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨

1. describes the extreme wealth inequality in society