兵不厭詐

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	not; no	loathe	crafty; dishonest
trad. (兵不厭詐)		兵	不	厭	詐
simp. (兵不厌诈)		兵	不	厌	诈
Literally: “There can never be too much deception in war.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngbùyànzhà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ bat¹ jim³ zaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngbùyànzhà [Phonetic: bīngbúyànzhà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingbùyànjhà
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-pu⁴-yen⁴-cha⁴
    • Yale: bīng-bù-yàn-jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingbuyannjah
    • Palladius: бинбуяньчжа (binbujanʹčža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ bat¹ jim³ zaa³
    • Yale: bīng bāt yim ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ bat⁷ jim³ dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ bed¹ yim³ za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jiːm³³ t͡saː³³/

Idiom

兵不厭詐

1. all's fair in love and war