大車無輗

Chinese

		cart; big car; respectful term for an engine drive or the chief engineer of a ship	not have	clamps for crossbar of carriage
trad. (大車無輗)		大車	無	輗
simp. (大车无𫐐)		大车	无	𫐐

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》):

子曰：「人而無信，不知其可也。大車無輗，小車無軏，其何以行之哉？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「人而无信，不知其可也。大车无𫐐，小车无𫐄，其何以行之哉？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Rén ér wú xìn, bùzhī qí kě yě. Dàchē wú ní, xiǎochē wú yuè, qí héyǐ xíng zhī zāi?” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large carriage be made to go without the crossbar for yoking the oxen to, or a small carriage without the arrangement for yoking the horses?"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàchēwúní

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄜ ㄨˊ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ce¹ mou⁴ ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàchēwúní
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄜ ㄨˊ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàchewúní
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻê¹-wu²-ni²
    • Yale: dà-chē-wú-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchewuni
    • Palladius: дачэуни (dačɛuni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ u³⁵ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ce¹ mou⁴ ngai⁴
    • Yale: daaih chē mòuh ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tse¹ mou⁴ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ cé¹ mou⁴ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

大車無輗

1. an untrustworthy person cannot receive trust from others and be established in society