Southern barbarian tongue(nán mán jué shé)

Southern barbarian tongue

Nanmanjue is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n á nm á nju é sh é, which means that Mencius used to ridicule Chu people for talking like birds, and later used to ridicule those who speak southern dialect. It comes from Mencius Teng Wengong.

Notes on Idioms

He: that is, Shrike.

The origin of Idioms

"Mencius Teng Wen Gong Shang" said, "today's barbarians are not the way of the former king."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used to ridicule Southern languages. example at that time, the south of the river was the hometown of the South barbarians. The song of insects by Cai Juanzi in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : nán mán jué shé