叫苦不迭

Chinese

		to complain of hardship or suffering; to moan and groan	to not stop; to keep going; to be endless to not stop; to keep going; to be endless; to be in a hurry
trad. (叫苦不迭)		叫苦	不迭
simp. #(叫苦不迭)		叫苦	不迭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàokǔbùdié

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu³ fu² bat¹ dit⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gio³ kou² bug⁴ diag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàokǔbùdié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàokǔbùdié
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-kʻu³-pu⁴-tieh²
    • Yale: jyàu-kǔ-bù-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawkuubudye
    • Palladius: цзяокубуде (czjaokubude)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu³ fu² bat¹ dit⁶
    • Yale: giu fú bāt diht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu³ fu² bat⁷ dit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu³ fu² bed¹ did⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³³ fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tiːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gio³ kou² bug⁴ diag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiò khóu puk tiak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kio²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiak̚²/

Idiom

叫苦不迭

1. to complain of one's suffering endlessly

   • 偶與此輩傾談，便見叫苦不迭。 [MSC, trad.]
     偶与此辈倾谈，便见叫苦不迭。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國社會各階級的分析》 (Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Ǒu yǔ cǐbèi qīngtán, biàn jiàn jiàokǔbùdié. [Pinyin]

     If by chance you get into intimate conversation with them, they invariably pour out their endless grievances.