此風不可長

Chinese

		this; these	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	cannot; should not; must not	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (此風不可長)		此	風	不可	長
simp. (此风不可长)		此	风	不可	长
Literally: “We cannot let this kind of trend grow”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǐ fēng bùkě zhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˇ ㄈㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² fung¹ bat¹ ho² zoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǐ fēng bùkě zhǎng [Phonetic: cǐfēngbùkézhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˇ ㄈㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐh fong bùkě jhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ³ fêng¹ pu⁴-kʻo³ chang³
    • Yale: tsž fēng bù-kě jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyy feng bukee jaang
    • Palladius: цы фэн букэ чжан (cy fɛn bukɛ čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² fung¹ bat¹ ho² zoeng²
    • Yale: chí fūng bāt hó jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² fung¹ bat⁷ ho² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² fung¹ bed¹ ho² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

此風不可長

1. this kind of (unhealthy) trend cannot be tolerated