金科玉律

Chinese

		gold	law	jade	law
simp. and trad. (金科玉律)		金	科	玉	律

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnkēyùlǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄎㄜ ㄩˋ ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ fo¹ juk⁶ leot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnkēyùlǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄎㄜ ㄩˋ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinkeyùlyù
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kʻo¹-yü⁴-lü⁴
    • Yale: jīn-kē-yù-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinkeyuhliuh
    • Palladius: цзинькэюйлюй (czinʹkɛjujljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ fo¹ juk⁶ leot⁶
    • Yale: gām fō yuhk leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ fo¹ juk⁹ loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ fo¹ yug⁶ lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ fɔː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² lɵt̚²/

Idiom

金科玉律

1. a law, discipline, norm or regulation that is considered absolute and not allowed to be disputed or challenged

   沒有可以奉為金科玉律的教科書 [MSC, trad.]
   没有可以奉为金科玉律的教科书 [MSC, simp.]

   méiyǒu kěyǐ fèng wèi jīnkēyùlǜ de jiàokēshū [Pinyin]

   There is no such a textbook we can respect as absolute truth