匕鬯不驚

Chinese

		sacrificial offerings at the ancestrial halls	not; no	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (匕鬯不驚)		匕鬯	不	驚
simp. (匕鬯不惊)		匕鬯	不	惊

Etymology

From the I Ching, originally meaning that sacrificial offerings are not disturbed.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐchàngbùjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐchàngbùjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐchàngbùjing
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-chʻang⁴-pu⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: bǐ-chàng-bù-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biichanqbujing
    • Palladius: бичанбуцзин (bičanbuczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

匕鬯不驚

1. (of an army) well-disciplined and not injuring the people in the least