一朝天子一朝臣

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	Son of Heaven; emperor	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (一朝天子一朝臣)		一	朝	天子	一	朝	臣
Literally: “One reign of emperor, one reign of ministers”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī cháo tiānzǐ yī cháo chén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ ㄧ ㄔㄠˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ciu⁴ tin¹ zi² jat¹ ciu⁴ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī cháo tiānzǐ yī cháo chén [Phonetic: yì cháo tiānzǐ yì cháo chén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ ㄧ ㄔㄠˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi cháo tianzǐh yi cháo chén
    • Wade–Giles: i¹ chʻao² tʻien¹-tzŭ³ i¹ chʻao² chʻên²
    • Yale: yī cháu tyān-dž yī cháu chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i chaur tiantzyy i chaur chern
    • Palladius: и чао тяньцзы и чао чэнь (i čao tjanʹczy i čao čɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ ciu⁴ tin¹ zi² jat¹ ciu⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: yāt chìuh tīn jí yāt chìuh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tsiu⁴ tin¹ dzi² jat⁷ tsiu⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ qiu⁴ tin¹ ji² yed¹ qiu⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ sɐn²¹/

Proverb

一朝天子一朝臣

1. When a leader falls from power, his/her subordinates may fall from power too.