禍不單行

See also: 祸不单行

Chinese

		disaster	not; no	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (禍不單行)		禍	不	單	行
simp. (祸不单行)		祸	不	单	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòbùdānxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ bat¹ daan¹ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòbùdānxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòbùdansíng
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-pu⁴-tan¹-hsing²
    • Yale: hwò-bù-dān-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohbudanshyng
    • Palladius: хобуданьсин (xobudanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁶ bat¹ daan¹ hang⁴
    • Yale: woh bāt dāan hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ bat⁷ daan¹ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁶ bed¹ dan¹ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ taːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huă puk tuaⁿ kiâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hua³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tũã³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵⁵/

Idiom

禍不單行

1. misfortunes never come singly; it never rains but it pours