二者必居其一

Chinese

		two	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	reside	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (二者必居其一)		二	者	必	居	其	一

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrzhě bì jū qí yī

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ ze² bit¹ geoi¹ kei⁴ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrzhě bì jū qí yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrjhě bì jyu cí yi
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-chê³ pi⁴ chü¹ chʻi² i¹
    • Yale: èr-jě bì jyū chí yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elljee bih jiu chyi i
    • Palladius: эрчжэ би цзюй ци и (erčžɛ bi czjuj ci i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ ze² bit¹ geoi¹ kei⁴ jat¹
    • Yale: yih jé bīt gēui kèih yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ dze² bit⁷ goey¹ kei⁴ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ zé² bid¹ gêu¹ kéi⁴ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² t͡sɛː³⁵ piːt̚⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

二者必居其一

1. it must be one or the other

   • 你是資產階級文藝家，你就不歌頌無產階級而歌頌資產階級；你是無產階級文藝家，你就不歌頌資產階級而歌頌無產階級和勞動人民：二者必居其一。 [MSC, trad.]
     你是资产阶级文艺家，你就不歌颂无产阶级而歌颂资产阶级；你是无产阶级文艺家，你就不歌颂资产阶级而歌颂无产阶级和劳动人民：二者必居其一。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Nǐ shì zīchǎn jiējí wényìjiā, nǐ jiù bù gēsòng wúchǎn jiējí ér gēsòng zīchǎn jiējí; nǐ shì wúchǎn jiējí wényìjiā, nǐ jiù bù gēsòng zīchǎn jiējí ér gēsòng wúchǎn jiējí hé láodòng rénmín: 'èrzhě bì jū qí yī. [Pinyin]

     If you are a bourgeois writer or artist, you will eulogize not the proletariat but the bourgeoisie, and if you are a proletarian writer or artist, you will eulogize not the bourgeoisie but the proletariat and working people: it must be one or the other.