一不做，二不休

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	not; no	to do; to make; to produce		two	not; no	to rest
simp. and trad. (一不做，二不休)		一	不	做	，	二	不	休
Literally: “[The] first [option] [is] not to do, [the] second [option] [is] not to rest.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ , ㄦˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bat¹ zou⁶, ji⁶ bat¹ jau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū [Phonetic: yī bú zuò, èr bù xiū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ , ㄦˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi bù zuò, èr bù siou
    • Wade–Giles: i¹ pu⁴ tso⁴, êrh⁴ pu⁴ hsiu¹
    • Yale: yī bù dzwò-, èr bù syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i bu tzuoh, ell bu shiou
    • Palladius: и бу цзо, эр бу сю (i bu czo, er bu sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ bat¹ zou⁶, ji⁶ bat¹ jau¹
    • Yale: yāt bāt jouh, yih bāt yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bat⁷ dzou⁶, ji⁶ bat⁷ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bed¹ zou⁶, yi⁶ bed¹ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sou̯²² jiː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

一不做，二不休

1. to be in for a penny, in for a pound; to go the whole hog