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定乾坤
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Chinese
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to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
the
䷀
and
䷁
hexagrams
from the
I Ching
;
heaven
and
earth
simp.
and
trad.
(
定乾坤
)
定
乾坤
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
dìng qiánkūn
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
ding
6
kin
4
kwan
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
dìng qiánkūn
Zhuyin
:
ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
dìng ciánkun
Wade–Giles
:
ting
4
chʻien
2
-kʻun
1
Yale
:
dìng chyán-kwūn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
dinq chyankuen
Palladius
:
дин цянькунь
(din cjanʹkunʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
ding
6
kin
4
kwan
1
Yale
:
dihng kìhn kw
ā
n
Cantonese Pinyin
:
ding
6
kin
4
kwan
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
ding
6
kin
4
kuen
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tɪŋ²² kʰiːn
²¹
kʷʰɐn
⁵⁵
/
Verb
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定⫽乾坤
(
verb-object
)
(
intransitive
)
(
idiomatic
)
to
determine
the
course
of
events
這
件
事
並非
你
一人
之
力
能夠
定乾坤
的
。
[
MSC
,
trad.
]
这
件
事
并非
你
一人
之
力
能够
定乾坤
的
。
[
MSC
,
simp.
]
Zhè jiàn shì bìngfēi nǐ yīrén zhī lì nénggòu
dìng qiánkūn
de.
[Pinyin]
This
course of events
cannot be
determined
by you alone.