一發不可收拾

Chinese

		along with all others; altogether; even more	irremediable; unsalvageable; unmanageable irremediable; unsalvageable; unmanageable; out of hand
trad. (一發不可收拾)		一發	不可收拾
simp. (一发不可收拾)		一发	不可收拾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfābùkěshōushi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄡ ˙ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ faat³ bat¹ ho² sau¹ sap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfābùkěshōushi [Phonetic: yìfābùkěshōushi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄡ ˙ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifabùkěshoushi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fa¹-pu⁴-kʻo³-shou¹-shih⁵
    • Yale: yī-fā-bù-kě-shōu-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifabukeeshou.shy
    • Palladius: ифабукэшоуши (ifabukɛšouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ faat³ bat¹ ho² sau¹ sap⁶
    • Yale: yāt faat bāt hó sāu sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ faat⁸ bat⁷ ho² sau¹ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fad³ bed¹ ho² seo¹ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐp̚²/

Idiom

一發不可收拾

1. to get out of hand