無法無天

See also: 无法无天

Chinese

		not have	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	not have	day; sky; heaven
trad. (無法無天)		無	法	無	天
simp. (无法无天)		无	法	无	天

Etymology

From

• 無／无 (wú, “not have”) + 法 (fǎ) (short for 法紀／法纪 (fǎjì, “law”)): ("no (respect for) law") +
• 無／无 (wú, “not have”) + 天 (tiān) (short for 天理 (tiānlǐ, “heavenly justice”).

Literally "no (respect for) heaven(ly) justice".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúfǎwútiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ faat³ mou⁴ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúfǎwútiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúfǎwútian
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-fa³-wu²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: wú-fǎ-wú-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wufaawutian
    • Palladius: уфаутянь (ufautjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ faat³ mou⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: mòuh faat mòuh tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ faat⁸ mou⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fad³ mou⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ faːt̚³ mou̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 無法無天

1. no respect for law and order; unruly