無事不登三寶殿

Chinese

		to have no further business; to have nothing further to discuss	not; no	to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record
trad. (無事不登三寶殿)		無事	不	登	三寶殿
simp. (无事不登三宝殿)		无事	不	登	三宝殿
alternative forms		無事勿登三寶殿／无事勿登三宝殿 Wu
Literally: “never go to the temple for nothing”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshì bù dēng sānbǎodiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄥ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ si⁶ bat¹ dang¹ saam¹ bou² din⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúshì bù dēng sānbǎodiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄥ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúshìh bù deng sanbǎodiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-shih⁴ pu⁴ têng¹ san¹-pao³-tien⁴
    • Yale: wú-shr̀ bù dēng sān-bǎu-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushyh bu deng sanbaodiann
    • Palladius: уши бу дэн саньбаодянь (uši bu dɛn sanʹbaodjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ si⁶ bat¹ dang¹ saam¹ bou² din⁶
    • Yale: mòuh sih bāt dāng sāam bóu dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ dang¹ saam¹ bou² din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ deng¹ sam¹ bou² din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵ tiːn²²/

Idiom

無事不登三寶殿

1. (figurative) One would not go to someone's place except on business, for help, etc. / I wouldn't come to you if I hadn't something to ask of you.