無功不受祿

Chinese

		not have	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	not; no	to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive	good fortune; official salary
trad. (無功不受祿)		無	功	不	受	祿
simp. (无功不受禄)		无	功	不	受	禄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúgōngbùshòulù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gung¹ bat¹ sau⁶ luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúgōngbùshòulù [Phonetic: wúgōngbúshòulù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúgongbùshòulù
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-kung¹-pu⁴-shou⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: wú-gūng-bù-shòu-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wugongbushowluh
    • Palladius: угунбушоулу (ugunbušoulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ gung¹ bat¹ sau⁶ luk⁶
    • Yale: mòuh gūng bāt sauh luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gung¹ bat⁷ sau⁶ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gung¹ bed¹ seo⁶ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯²² lʊk̚²/

Idiom

無功不受祿

1. to refuse to accept an undeserved reward

Antonyms

• 無功受祿／无功受禄 (wúgōngshòulù)