牢不可破
Chinese
editfirm; fast | cannot; should not; must not | to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out | ||
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simp. and trad. (牢不可破) |
牢 | 不可 | 破 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄆㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: láobùkěpò
- Wade–Giles: lao2-pu4-kʻo3-pʻo4
- Yale: láu-bù-kě-pwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laubukeepoh
- Palladius: лаобукэпо (laobukɛpo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou4 bat1 ho2 po3
- Yale: lòuh bāt hó po
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou4 bat7 ho2 po3
- Guangdong Romanization: lou4 bed1 ho2 po3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ pʰɔː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit牢不可破
- (usually of abstract things) unbreakable; indestructible
- 因五河人有個牢不可破的見識,總說但凡是個舉人、進士,就和知州、知縣是一個人。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
- Yīn Wǔhé rén yǒu ge láobùkěpò de jiànshí, zǒng shuō dànfán shì ge jǔrén, jìnshì, jiù hé zhīzhōu, zhīxiàn shì yīge rén. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
因五河人有个牢不可破的见识,总说但凡是个举人、进士,就和知州、知县是一个人。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 2024 August 6, Mujib Mashal, “她認為自己的統治牢不可破,孟加拉人民證明並非如此 [She Thought Her Grip Was Unbreakable. Bangladeshis Would Prove Otherwise.]”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 就在哈西娜倉促下台的數月前,她連續第四次獲得了五年任期,並認為自己對權力的控制牢不可破。 [MSC, trad.]
- Jiù zài Hāxīnà cāngcù xiàtái de shùyuè qián, tā liánxù dìsìcì huòdé le wǔ nián rènqī, bìng rènwèi zìjǐ duì quánlì de kòngzhì láobùkěpò. [Pinyin]
- Ms. Hasina’s hasty exit comes just months after she had secured a fourth consecutive five-year term in office and thought her grip on power was unbreakable.
就在哈西娜仓促下台的数月前,她连续第四次获得了五年任期,并认为自己对权力的控制牢不可破。 [MSC, simp.]
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editReferences
edit- “Entry #59925”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
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