信誓旦旦
Chinese
faithful oath; faithful pledge | every day; sincere; heartfelt | ||
---|---|---|---|
simp. and trad. (信誓旦旦) |
信誓 | 旦旦 | |
anagram | 旦旦信誓 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìnshìhdàndàn
- Wade–Giles: hsin4-shih4-tan4-tan4
- Yale: syìn-shr̀-dàn-dàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnshyhdanndann
- Palladius: синьшиданьдань (sinʹšidanʹdanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 信誓旦旦
- pledging in all sincerity; vowing solemnly
- 總角之宴、言笑晏晏。信誓旦旦、不思其反。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǒngjiǎo zhī yàn, yánxiào yànyàn. Xìnshì dàndàn, bù sī qí fǎn. [Pinyin]
- In the pleasant time of my girlhood, with my hair simply gathered in a knot,
Harmoniously we talked and laughed.
Clearly were we sworn to good faith,
And I did not think the engagement would be broken.
总角之宴、言笑晏晏。信誓旦旦、不思其反。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]