無法無天
See also: 无法无天
Chinese
editnot have | law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) |
not have | day; sky; heaven | ||
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trad. (無法無天) | 無 | 法 | 無 | 天 | |
simp. (无法无天) | 无 | 法 | 无 | 天 |
Etymology
editFrom
- 無/无 (wú, “not have”) + 法 (fǎ) (short for 法紀/法纪 (fǎjì, “law”)): ("no (respect for) law") +
- 無/无 (wú, “not have”) + 天 (tiān) (short for 天理 (tiānlǐ, “heavenly justice”).
Literally "no (respect for) heaven(ly) justice".
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mou4 faat3 mou4 tin1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-hoat-bû-thian
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúfǎwútian
- Wade–Giles: wu2-fa3-wu2-tʻien1
- Yale: wú-fǎ-wú-tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wufaawutian
- Palladius: уфаутянь (ufautjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 faat3 mou4 tin1
- Yale: mòuh faat mòuh tīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 faat8 mou4 tin1
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 fad3 mou4 tin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ faːt̚³ mou̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-hoat-bû-thian
- Tâi-lô: bû-huat-bû-thian
- Phofsit Daibuun: bu'hoatbu'tiefn
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ bu²³⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ bu²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Idiom
edit無法無天
- no respect for law and order; unruly
Derived terms
edit- 和尚打傘——無法無天/和尚打伞——无法无天 (héshàng dǎ sǎn, wúfǎwútiān)