二者必居其一
Chinese
edittwo | ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth) | certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
reside | his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) |
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) | ||
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simp. and trad. (二者必居其一) |
二 | 者 | 必 | 居 | 其 | 一 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: èrjhě bì jyu cí yi
- Wade–Giles: êrh4-chê3 pi4 chü1 chʻi2 i1
- Yale: èr-jě bì jyū chí yī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elljee bih jiu chyi i
- Palladius: эрчжэ би цзюй ци и (erčžɛ bi czjuj ci i)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji6 ze2 bit1 geoi1 kei4 jat1
- Yale: yih jé bīt gēui kèih yāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji6 dze2 bit7 goey1 kei4 jat7
- Guangdong Romanization: yi6 zé2 bid1 gêu1 kéi4 yed1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²² t͡sɛː³⁵ piːt̚⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit二者必居其一
- it must be one or the other
- 你是資產階級文藝家,你就不歌頌無產階級而歌頌資產階級;你是無產階級文藝家,你就不歌頌資產階級而歌頌無產階級和勞動人民:二者必居其一。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Nǐ shì zīchǎn jiējí wényìjiā, nǐ jiù bù gēsòng wúchǎn jiējí ér gēsòng zīchǎn jiējí; nǐ shì wúchǎn jiējí wényìjiā, nǐ jiù bù gēsòng zīchǎn jiējí ér gēsòng wúchǎn jiējí hé láodòng rénmín: èrzhě bì jū qí yī. [Pinyin]
- If you are a bourgeois writer or artist, you will eulogize not the proletariat but the bourgeoisie, and if you are a proletarian writer or artist, you will eulogize not the bourgeoisie but the proletariat and working people: it must be one or the other.
你是资产阶级文艺家,你就不歌颂无产阶级而歌颂资产阶级;你是无产阶级文艺家,你就不歌颂资产阶级而歌颂无产阶级和劳动人民:二者必居其一。 [MSC, simp.]
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