魚死網破

See also: 鱼死网破

Chinese

		fish	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	net; network	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
trad. (魚死網破)		魚	死	網	破
simp. (鱼死网破)		鱼	死	网	破
Literally: “the fish are dead, the fishnet is broken”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúsǐwǎngpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄙˇ ㄨㄤˇ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ sei² mong⁵ po³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúsǐwǎngpò [Phonetic: yúsíwǎngpò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄙˇ ㄨㄤˇ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúsǐhwǎngpò
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-ssŭ³-wang³-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: yú-sž-wǎng-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yusyywoangpoh
    • Palladius: юйсыванпо (jujsyvanpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ sei² mong⁵ po³
    • Yale: yùh séi móhng po
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ sei² mong⁵ po³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ séi² mong⁵ po³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ sei̯³⁵ mɔːŋ¹³ pʰɔː³³/

Idiom

魚死網破

1. to fight till both you and your foe perish

   • 他就是張網捕魚，我也拼他個魚死網破。 [MSC, trad.]
     他就是张网捕鱼，我也拼他个鱼死网破。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《杜鵑山》 (The Azalea Mountain), Scene 5

     Tā jiùshì zhāngwǎng bǔyú, wǒ yě pīn tā ge yúsǐwǎngpò. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 一鑊熟／一镬熟 (jat¹ wok⁶ suk⁶) (Cantonese)
• 兩敗俱傷／两败俱伤 (liǎngbàijùshāng)
• 同歸於盡／同归于尽 (tóngguīyújìn)
• 攬炒／揽炒 (laam^5-2 caau²) (Cantonese)
• 玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén)