在劫難逃

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	plunder	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to escape; to run away; to flee
trad. (在劫難逃)		在	劫	難	逃
simp. (在劫难逃)		在	劫	难	逃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàijiénántáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàijiénántáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàijiénántáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chieh²-nan²-tʻao²
    • Yale: dzài-jyé-nán-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjyenantaur
    • Palladius: цзайцзенаньтао (czajczenanʹtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ nän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Idiom

在劫難逃

1. (originally Buddhism) there is no escaping fate; inexorably doomed