荒謬絕倫

Chinese

		ridiculous; absurd; preposterous	unsurpassed; unequalled; peerless unsurpassed; unequalled; peerless; matchless
trad. (荒謬絕倫)		荒謬	絕倫
simp. (荒谬绝伦)		荒谬	绝伦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngmiùjuélún

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ mau⁶ zyut⁶ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngmiùjuélún
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huangmiòujyuélún
    • Wade–Giles: huang¹-miu⁴-chüeh²-lun²
    • Yale: hwāng-myòu-jywé-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangmiowjyueluen
    • Palladius: хуанмюцзюэлунь (xuanmjuczjuelunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ mau⁶ zyut⁶ leon⁴
    • Yale: fōng mauh jyuht lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ mau⁶ dzyt⁹ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ meo⁶ jud⁶ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɐu̯²² t͡syːt̚² lɵn²¹/

Idiom

荒謬絕倫

1. absolutely ridiculous; preposterous; absurd in the highest degree

   • 因為共產黨的最低綱領和三民主義的政治原則基本上相同，就狂叫「收起」共產主義，豈非荒謬絕倫之至？ [MSC, trad.]
     因为共产党的最低纲领和三民主义的政治原则基本上相同，就狂叫「收起」共产主义，岂非荒谬绝伦之至？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīnwèi Gòngchǎndǎng de zuìdī gānglǐng hé sānmínzhǔyì de zhèngzhì yuánzé jīběnshàng xiāngtóng, jiù kuángjiào “shōuqǐ” gòngchǎnzhǔyì, qǐfēi huāngmiùjuélún zhī zhì? [Pinyin]

     Is it not, therefore, in the highest degree absurd to clamour for communism to be "folded up" on the ground that the Communist Party's minimum programme is in basic agreement with the political tenets of the Three People's Principles?