不破不立

Chinese

		not; no	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	not; no	set up; to stand
simp. and trad. (不破不立)		不	破	不	立

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùpòbùlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ po³ bat¹ laap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùpòbùlì [Phonetic: búpòbúlì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùpòbùlì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pʻo⁴-pu⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: bù-pwò-bù-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bupohbulih
    • Palladius: бупобули (bupobuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ po³ bat¹ laap⁶
    • Yale: bāt po bāt laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ po³ bat⁷ laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ po³ bed¹ lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ pʰɔː³³ pɐt̚⁵ laːp̚²/

Idiom

不破不立

1. There is no construction without destruction. There's no making without breaking. To make, you must break.