一物剋一物

See also: 一物克一物

Chinese

		one thing; one object	to overcome; subdue; to overthrow to overcome; subdue; to overthrow; restrain; cut down; to be able to	one thing; one object
trad. (一物剋一物)		一物	剋	一物
simp. (一物克一物)		一物	克	一物
Literally: “one thing beats another”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwù kè yīwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄧ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ mat⁶ hak¹ jat¹ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwù kè yīwù [Phonetic: yíwù kè yíwù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄧ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiwù kè yiwù
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-wu⁴ kʻo⁴ i¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: yī-wù kè yī-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwuh keh iwuh
    • Palladius: иу кэ иу (iu kɛ iu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ mat⁶ hak¹ jat¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: yāt maht hāk yāt maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ mat⁹ hak⁷ jat⁷ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ med⁶ heg¹ yed¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚² hɐk̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚²/

Idiom

一物剋一物

1. there is always one thing to conquer another
2. everything has its vanquisher