防君子不防小人

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person	not; no	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	scoundrel or villain; person of low position
simp. and trad. (防君子不防小人)		防	君子	不	防	小人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fáng jūnzǐ bù fáng xiǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ gwan¹ zi² bat¹ fong⁴ siu² jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fáng jūnzǐ bù fáng xiǎorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fáng jyunzǐh bù fáng siǎorén
    • Wade–Giles: fang² chün¹-tzŭ³ pu⁴ fang² hsiao³-jên²
    • Yale: fáng jyūn-dž bù fáng syǎu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farng jiuntzyy bu farng sheauren
    • Palladius: фан цзюньцзы бу фан сяожэнь (fan czjunʹczy bu fan sjaožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ gwan¹ zi² bat¹ fong⁴ siu² jan⁴
    • Yale: fòhng gwān jí bāt fòhng síu yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ gwan¹ dzi² bat⁷ fong⁴ siu² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ guen¹ ji² bed¹ fong⁴ xiu² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fɔːŋ²¹ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

防君子不防小人

1. (of policies, measures, etc.) can only prevent respectable or honourable people from commiting but cannot prevent those with malicious intentions