貧賤不能移
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Chinese[edit]
poor and lowly | to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove | |||
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trad. (貧賤不能移) | 貧賤 | 不能 | 移 | |
simp. (贫贱不能移) | 贫贱 | 不能 | 移 |
Etymology[edit]
From Mencius:
- 富貴不能淫,貧賤不能移,威武不能屈。此之謂大丈夫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Fùguì bùnéng yín, pínjiàn bùnéng yí, wēiwǔ bùnéng qū. Cǐ zhī wèi dàzhàngfū. [Pinyin]
- To be above the power of riches and honours to make dissipated, of poverty and mean condition to make swerve from principle, and of power and force to make bend - these characteristics constitute the great man.
富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移,威武不能屈。此之谓大丈夫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pínjiànbùnéngyí
- Wade–Giles: pʻin2-chien4-pu4-nêng2-i2
- Yale: pín-jyàn-bù-néng-yí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynjiannbunengyi
- Palladius: пиньцзяньбунэнъи (pinʹczjanʹbunɛnʺi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰin³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pan4 zin6 bat1 nang4 ji4
- Yale: pàhn jihn bāt nàhng yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: pan4 dzin6 bat7 nang4 ji4
- Guangdong Romanization: pen4 jin6 bed1 neng4 yi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɐn²¹ t͡siːn²² pɐt̚⁵ nɐŋ²¹ jiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Phrase[edit]
貧賤不能移
Proverb[edit]
貧賤不能移