不為已甚

Chinese

		not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	excessive; quite enough; to go to extremes
trad. (不為已甚/不爲已甚)		不	為/爲	已甚
simp. (不为已甚)		不	为	已甚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwéiyǐshèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˇ ㄕㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ wai⁴ ji⁵ sam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwéiyǐshèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˇ ㄕㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwéiyǐshèn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wei²-i³-shên⁴
    • Yale: bù-wéi-yǐ-shèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buweiyiishenn
    • Palladius: бувэйишэнь (buvɛjišɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ wai⁴ ji⁵ sam⁶
    • Yale: bāt wàih yíh sahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ wai⁴ ji⁵ sam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wei⁴ yi⁵ sem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jiː¹³ sɐm²²/

Idiom

不為已甚

1. to not go too far; to refrain from going to extremes; to never go beyond reasonable limits