兩害相權取其輕

See also: 两害相权取其轻

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	authority; power; right	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (兩害相權取其輕)		兩	害	相	權	取	其	輕
simp. (两害相权取其轻)		两	害	相	权	取	其	轻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎng hài xiāng quán qǔ qí qīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyun⁴ ceoi² kei⁴ hing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎng hài xiāng quán qǔ qí qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng hài siang cyuán cyǔ cí cing
    • Wade–Giles: liang³ hai⁴ hsiang¹ chʻüan² chʻü³ chʻi² chʻing¹
    • Yale: lyǎng hài syāng chywán chyǔ chí chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang hay shiang chyuan cheu chyi ching
    • Palladius: лян хай сян цюань цюй ци цин (ljan xaj sjan cjuanʹ cjuj ci cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyun⁴ ceoi² kei⁴ hing¹
    • Yale: léuhng hoih sēung kyùhn chéui kèih hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyn⁴ tsoey² kei⁴ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ hoi⁶ sêng¹ kün⁴ cêu² kéi⁴ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ kʰei̯²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

兩害相權取其輕

1. to choose the lesser of two evils