百無一失

Chinese

		hundred	not have	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (百無一失)		百	無	一	失
simp. (百无一失)		百	无	一	失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎiwúyīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ mou⁴ jat¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiwúyīshī [Phonetic: bǎiwúyìshī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiwúyishih
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-wu²-i¹-shih¹
    • Yale: bǎi-wú-yī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baewuishy
    • Palladius: байуиши (bajuiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ mou⁴ jat¹ sat¹
    • Yale: baak mòuh yāt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ mou⁴ jat⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ mou⁴ yed¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

百無一失

1. no danger of anything going wrong; no risk at all