死不瞑目
Chinese
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
not; no | to close one's eyes in death; to die content | ||
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trad. (死不瞑目) | 死 | 不 | 瞑目 | |
simp. #(死不瞑目) | 死 | 不 | 瞑目 | |
Literally: “to die without closing one's eyes”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhbùmíngmù
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ3-pu4-ming2-mu4
- Yale: sž-bù-míng-mù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syybumingmuh
- Palladius: сыбуминму (sybuminmu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei2 bat1 ming4 muk6 / sei2 bat1 ming5 muk6
- Yale: séi bāt mìhng muhk / séi bāt míhng muhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei2 bat7 ming4 muk9 / sei2 bat7 ming5 muk9
- Guangdong Romanization: séi2 bed1 ming4 mug6 / séi2 bed1 ming5 mug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/, /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ¹³ mʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
死不瞑目
Antonyms
- 死亦瞑目 (sǐyìmíngmù)