殺人不眨眼

See also: 杀人不眨眼

Chinese

		to kill someone; to murder	not; no	in a blink; to wink; to blink
trad. (殺人不眨眼)		殺人	不	眨眼
simp. (杀人不眨眼)		杀人	不	眨眼
Literally: “to murder without blinking an eye”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shārén bù zhǎyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴ bat¹ zaam² ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shārén bù zhǎyǎn [Phonetic: shārénbùzháyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sharén bù jhǎyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên² pu⁴ cha³-yen³
    • Yale: shā-rén bù jǎ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharen bu jaayean
    • Palladius: шажэнь бу чжаянь (šažɛnʹ bu čžajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴ bat¹ zaam² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: saat yàhn bāt jáam ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴ bat⁷ dzaam² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴ bed¹ zam² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːm³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

殺人不眨眼

1. ruthless; cold-blooded

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 殺人不眨眼 (“to kill without batting an eye; to be ruthless”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		殺人不眨眼
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	殺人不眨眼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	殺人唔眨眼