睚眥必報

Chinese

		staring in anger; vengeful; revengeful	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (睚眥必報)		睚眥	必	報
simp. (睚眦必报)		睚眦	必	报
Literally: “avenging even a slight offence”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yázìbìbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴ zaai⁶ bit¹ bou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yázìbìbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yázìhbìbào
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-tzŭ⁴-pi⁴-pao⁴
    • Yale: yá-dz̀-bì-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yatzyhbihbaw
    • Palladius: яцзыбибао (jaczybibao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁴ zaai⁶ bit¹ bou³
    • Yale: ngàaih jaaih bīt bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴ dzaai⁶ bit⁷ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴ zai⁶ bid¹ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²¹ t͡saːi̯²² piːt̚⁵ pou̯³³/

Idiom

睚眥必報

1. (literary) vindictive; vengeful; unforgiving even with petty grievances