打不還手，罵不還口

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	not; no	to hit back; to retaliate		scold; abuse	not; no	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (打不還手，罵不還口)		打	不	還手	，	罵	不	還	口
simp. (打不还手，骂不还口)		打	不	还手	，	骂	不	还	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ bù huánshǒu, mà bù huánkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ , ㄇㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄎㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ bù huánshǒu, mà bù huánkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ , ㄇㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ bù huánshǒu, mà bù huánkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ pu⁴ huan²-shou³, ma⁴ pu⁴ huan²-kʻou³
    • Yale: dǎ bù hwán-shǒu-, mà bù hwán-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa bu hwanshoou, mah bu hwankoou
    • Palladius: да бу хуаньшоу, ма бу хуанькоу (da bu xuanʹšou, ma bu xuanʹkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

打不還手，罵不還口

1. to be a complete pacifist and not retaliate at all