憤世嫉俗

Chinese

			jealousy; be jealous of	vulgar
trad. (憤世嫉俗)		憤世	嫉	俗
simp. (愤世嫉俗)		愤世	嫉	俗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fènshìjísú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁵ sai³ zat⁶ zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fènshìjísú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fènshìhjísú
    • Wade–Giles: fên⁴-shih⁴-chi²-su²
    • Yale: fèn-shr̀-jí-sú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fennshyhjyiswu
    • Palladius: фэньшицзису (fɛnʹšiczisu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁵ sai³ zat⁶ zuk⁶
    • Yale: fáhn sai jaht juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁵ sai³ dzat⁹ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁵ sei³ zed⁶ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn¹³ sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐt̚² t͡sʊk̚²/

Idiom

憤世嫉俗

1. to be cynical; to be embittered

   • 別聽他的話，他是個憤世嫉俗的家伙 [MSC, trad.]
     别听他的话，他是个愤世嫉俗的家伙 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Blackboard Jungle, 1955 (OpenSubtitles)

     bié tīng tā de huà, tā shì ge fènshìjísú de jiāhuo [Pinyin]

     Don't listen to him, he's a cynic.

   • 還是憤世嫉俗的樣子，你一點沒變 [MSC, trad.]
     还是愤世嫉俗的样子，你一点没变 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Bayside Shakedown 2, 2003 (OpenSubtitles)

     háishì fènshìjísú de yàngzǐ, nǐ yīdiǎn méi biàn [Pinyin]

     Bitter as ever; you haven't changed.