一雪前恥

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	snow, wipe away, clean	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	shame; disgrace
trad. (一雪前恥)		一	雪	前	恥
simp. (一雪前耻)		一	雪	前	耻
Literally: “Cleaning a past shame”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīxuěqiánchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ syut³ cin⁴ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxuěqiánchǐ [Phonetic: yìxuěqiánchǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisyuěciánchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsüeh³-chʻien²-chʻih³
    • Yale: yī-sywě-chyán-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: isheuechyanchyy
    • Palladius: исюэцяньчи (isjuecjanʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ syut³ cin⁴ ci²
    • Yale: yāt syut chìhn chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ syt⁸ tsin⁴ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xud³ qin⁴ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ syːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 一雪前恥

1. to wash away a humiliation

Synonyms

• 湔雪前恥／湔雪前耻 (jiānxuěqiánchǐ)