臨難苟免

See also: 临难苟免

Chinese

		to be faced with disaster	to do anything necessary in order to stay alive; to be willing to humiliate oneself in order to survive
trad. (臨難苟免)		臨難	苟免
simp. (临难苟免)		临难	苟免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línnàngǒumiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línnàngǒumiǎn [Phonetic: línnàngóumiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línnàngǒumiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-nan⁴-kou³-mien³
    • Yale: lín-nàn-gǒu-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnanngooumean
    • Palladius: линьнаньгоумянь (linʹnanʹgoumjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ nän⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

臨難苟免

1. to live in defeat and humiliation when faced with disaster