自尋死路

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to search; to look for; to seek	blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac; road to ruin; road to destruction
trad. (自尋死路)		自	尋	死路
simp. (自寻死路)		自	寻	死路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìxúnsǐlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ cam⁴ sei² lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìxúnsǐlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsyúnsǐhlù
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-hsün²-ssŭ³-lu⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-syún-sž-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshyunsyyluh
    • Palladius: цзысюньсылу (czysjunʹsylu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕyn³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ cam⁴ sei² lou⁶
    • Yale: jih chàhm séi louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ tsam⁴ sei² lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ cem⁴ séi² lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sʰɐm²¹ sei̯³⁵ lou̯²²/

Idiom

自尋死路

1. to seek one's demise; to bring about one's own destruction

   • 中國資產階級頑固派如不覺悟，他們的事情是並不美妙的，他們將得到一個自尋死路的前途。 [MSC, trad.]
     中国资产阶级顽固派如不觉悟，他们的事情是并不美妙的，他们将得到一个自寻死路的前途。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhōngguó zīchǎnjiējí wángùpài rú bù juéwù, tāmen de shìqíng shì bìngbù měimiào de, tāmen jiāng dédào yīge zìxúnsǐlù de qiántú. [Pinyin]

     Unless the die-hards among the Chinese bourgeoisie wake up, their future will be far from bright—they will only bring about their own destruction.

Derived terms

• 草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路／草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路