萬劫不復

Chinese

		eternity	not; no	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
trad. (萬劫不復)		萬劫	不	復
simp. (万劫不复)		万劫	不	复

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànjiébùfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ gip³ bat¹ fuk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-kiap-put-ho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànjiébùfù [Phonetic: wànjiébúfù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànjiébùfù
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chieh²-pu⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: wàn-jyé-bù-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjyebufuh
    • Palladius: ваньцзебуфу (vanʹczebufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ gip³ bat¹ fuk⁶
    • Yale: maahn gip bāt fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ gip⁸ bat⁷ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ gib³ bed¹ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² kiːp̚³ pɐt̚⁵ fʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-kiap-put-ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bān-kiap-put-ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnkiapputhok
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ kiap̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ kiap̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

Idiom

萬劫不復

1. to be doomed eternally; to be beyond redemption; to be never able to recover

   萬劫不復的深淵／万劫不复的深渊  ―  wànjiébùfù de shēnyuān  ―  The abyss of no return

   • 1933, Lu Xun, “漫與”, in 南腔北調集, 同文書店, published 1934, page 198:

     如果從奴隸生活中尋出「美」來，讚歎，撫摩，陶醉，那可簡直是萬劫不復的奴才了！ [MSC, trad.]
     如果从奴隶生活中寻出「美」来，赞叹，抚摩，陶醉，那可简直是万劫不复的奴才了！ [MSC, simp.]

     Rúguǒ cóng núlì shēnghuó zhōng xún chū “měi” lái, zàntàn, fǔmó, táozuì, nà kě jiǎnzhí shì wànjiébùfù de núcái le! [Pinyin]

     One who seeks "beauty" in the life of a slave, admires it, caresses it, revels in it, is nothing but a slave beyond saving!