Ministry of Education 《Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary》

Word	匏繫
Bopomofo	`ㄆㄠ^ˊ` `ㄒㄧ^ˋ`
Hanyu Pinyin	páo xì
Interpretation	匏瓜繫而不食。比喻賢才不得志，如無用之人。