睚眥必報
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Chinese[edit]
staring in anger; vengeful; revengeful | certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
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trad. (睚眥必報) | 睚眥 | 必 | 報 | |
simp. (睚眦必报) | 睚眦 | 必 | 报 | |
Literally: “avenging even a slight offence”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yázìhbìbào
- Wade–Giles: ya2-tzŭ4-pi4-pao4
- Yale: yá-dz̀-bì-bàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yatzyhbihbaw
- Palladius: яцзыбибао (jaczybibao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaai4 zaai6 bit1 bou3
- Yale: ngàaih jaaih bīt bou
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai4 dzaai6 bit7 bou3
- Guangdong Romanization: ngai4 zai6 bid1 bou3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaːi̯²¹ t͡saːi̯²² piːt̚⁵ pou̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom[edit]
睚眥必報
- (literary) vindictive; vengeful; unforgiving even with petty grievances