不足為怪

Chinese

		insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	queer; to blame
trad. (不足為怪/不足爲怪)		不足	為/爲	怪
simp. (不足为怪)		不足	为	怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzúwéiguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ gwaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzúwéiguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzúwéiguài
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsu²-wei²-kuai⁴
    • Yale: bù-dzú-wéi-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzwuweiguay
    • Palladius: буцзувэйгуай (buczuvɛjguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ gwaai³
    • Yale: bāt jūk wàih gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzuk⁷ wai⁴ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zug¹ wei⁴ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/

Idiom

不足為怪

1. to be no wonder; to be not surprising

   • 在革命勝利之後，因為肅清了資本主義發展道路上的障礙物，資本主義經濟在中國社會中會有一個相當程度的發展，是可以想象得到的，也是不足為怪的。 [MSC, trad.]
     在革命胜利之后，因为肃清了资本主义发展道路上的障碍物，资本主义经济在中国社会中会有一个相当程度的发展，是可以想象得到的，也是不足为怪的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1939, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命和中國共產黨》 (The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài gémìng shènglì zhīhòu, yīnwèi sùqīng le zīběn zhǔyì fāzhǎn dàolù shàng de zhàng'àiwù, zīběn zhǔyì jīngjì zài Zhōngguó shèhuì zhōng huì yǒu yīge xiāngdāng chéngdù de fāzhǎn, shì kěyǐ xiǎngxiàng de dào de, yě shì bùzúwéiguài de. [Pinyin]

     It is not at all surprising but entirely to be expected that a capitalist economy will develop to a certain extent within Chinese society with the sweeping away of the obstacles to the development of capitalism after the victory of the revolution.

Synonyms

• 不足為奇／不足为奇 (bùzúwéiqí)