殘民以逞

Chinese

			to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	please oneself; presume on; boast
trad. (殘民以逞)		殘民	以	逞
simp. (残民以逞)		残民	以	逞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánmínyǐchěng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄔㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánmínyǐchěng [Phonetic: cánmínyíchěng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄔㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánmínyǐchěng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-min²-i³-chʻêng³
    • Yale: tsán-mín-yǐ-chěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnminyiicheeng
    • Palladius: цаньминьичэн (canʹminʹičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ min³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 殘民以逞

1. (of the persons in power) to do harm to the people for one's own ends; to harm the people to please oneself