霸王敬酒——不乾也得乾

Chinese

		overlord and king; hegemon; overlord	to propose a toast; to toast		not; no	dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	also; too	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
trad. (霸王敬酒——不乾也得乾)		霸王	敬酒	——	不	乾	也	得	乾
simp. (霸王敬酒——不干也得干)		霸王	敬酒	——	不	干	也	得	干
Literally: “The hegemon toasts you - drink up even if you don't wish to”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàwáng jìngjiǔ, bù gān yě dé gān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢ ㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàwáng jìngjiǔ, bù gān yě dé gān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢ ㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàwáng jìngjiǒu, bù gan yě dé gan
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-wang² ching⁴-chiu³, pu⁴ kan¹ yeh³ tê² kan¹
    • Yale: bà-wáng jìng-jyǒu-, bù gān yě dé gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahwang jinqjeou, buh bu yee der gan
    • Palladius: баван цзинцзю, бу гань е дэ гань (bavan czinczju, bu ganʹ je dɛ ganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kän⁵⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵ kän⁵⁵/

Idiom

霸王敬酒——不乾也得乾

1. to have no choice in a matter