後悔藥

Chinese

		to regret	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (後悔藥)		後悔	藥
simp. (后悔药)		后悔	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuhuǐyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuhuǐyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuhuěiyào
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-hui³-yao⁴
    • Yale: hòu-hwěi-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howhoeiyaw
    • Palladius: хоухуэйяо (xouxuejjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuhuǐyàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuhuěiyàor
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-hui³-yao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hòu-hwěi-yàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howhoeiyawl
    • Palladius: хоухуэйяор (xouxuejjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

Noun

後悔藥

1. (figuratively) medicine for remorse

   • 世界上沒有後悔藥 [MSC, trad.]
     世界上没有后悔药 [MSC, simp.]

     From: commonly repeated phrase

     shìjièshàng méiyǒu hòuhuǐyào [Pinyin]

     In all the earth, there's no such thing as a medicine that will cure your regrets.

Derived terms

• 吃後悔藥／吃后悔药 (chī hòuhuǐyào)