吃棗藥丸

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	jujube	pill; tablet
trad. (吃棗藥丸)		吃	棗	藥丸
simp. (吃枣药丸)		吃	枣	药丸

Etymology

Pun on 遲早要完/迟早要完 (chízǎo yào wán).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīzǎoyàowán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīzǎoyàowán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihzǎoyàowán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-tsao³-yao⁴-wan²
    • Yale: chr̄-dzǎu-yàu-wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chytzaoyawwan
    • Palladius: чицзаояовань (čiczaojaovanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/

Phrase

1. (neologism, slang) to be doomed one way or another