概莫能外

Chinese

		general; approximate	do not; there is none who	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (概莫能外)		概	莫	能	外
simp. #(概莫能外)		概	莫	能	外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàimònéngwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koi³ mok⁶ nang⁴ ngoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàimònéngwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàimònéngwài
    • Wade–Giles: kai⁴-mo⁴-nêng²-wai⁴
    • Yale: gài-mwò-néng-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaymohnengway
    • Palladius: гаймонэнвай (gajmonɛnvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: koi³ mok⁶ nang⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: koi mohk nàhng ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koi³ mok⁹ nang⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: koi³ mog⁶ neng⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːi̯³³ mɔːk̚² nɐŋ²¹ ŋɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

概莫能外

1. to be no exception; to admit of no exception whatsoever

   • 這是共通的道理，古今中外，概莫能外。 [MSC, trad.]
     这是共通的道理，古今中外，概莫能外。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《矛盾論》 (On Contradiction), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhè shì gòngtōng de dàolǐ, gǔjīnzhōngwài, gàimònéngwài. [Pinyin]

     This is a universal truth for all times and all countries, which admits of no exception.