束之高閣

Chinese

		bunch; (a measure word); to bind bunch; (a measure word); to bind; to control	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (束之高閣)		束	之	高閣
simp. (束之高阁)		束	之	高阁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùzhīgāogé

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄓ ㄍㄠ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ zi¹ gou¹ gok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùzhīgāogé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄓ ㄍㄠ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùjhihgaogé
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-chih¹-kao¹-ko²
    • Yale: shù-jr̄-gāu-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhjygauger
    • Palladius: шучжигаогэ (šučžigaogɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ zi¹ gou¹ gok³
    • Yale: chūk jī gōu gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ dzi¹ gou¹ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ ji¹ gou¹ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Idiom

束之高閣

1. tied up in a bundle on a high shelf; to put something on the back burner

   • 如果有了正確的理論，只是把它空談一陣，束之高閣，並不實行，那末，這種理論再好也是沒有意義的。 [MSC, trad.]
     如果有了正确的理论，只是把它空谈一阵，束之高阁，并不实行，那末，这种理论再好也是没有意义的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Rúguǒ yǒu le zhèngquè de lǐlùn, zhǐshì bǎ tā kōngtán yīzhèn, shùzhīgāogé, bìngbù shíxíng, nàme, zhè zhǒng lǐlùn zài hǎo yě shì méiyǒu yìyì de. [Pinyin]

     If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.