不宣而戰

Chinese

		not; no	to declare (publicly); to announce	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (不宣而戰)		不	宣	而	戰
simp. (不宣而战)		不	宣	而	战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxuān'érzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄢ ㄦˊ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ syun¹ ji⁴ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxuān'érzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄢ ㄦˊ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsyuan-érjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsüan¹-êrh²-chan⁴
    • Yale: bù-sywān-ér-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushiuanerljann
    • Palladius: бусюаньэрчжань (busjuanʹerčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ syun¹ ji⁴ zin³
    • Yale: bāt syūn yìh jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ syn¹ ji⁴ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xun¹ yi⁴ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ syːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siːn³³/

Idiom

不宣而戰

1. to open hostilities without declaring war; to start an undeclared war