言出法隨

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname
trad. (言出法隨)		言	出	法	隨
simp. (言出法随)		言	出	法	随

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánchūfǎsuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨ ㄈㄚˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánchūfǎsuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨ ㄈㄚˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánchufǎsuéi
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chʻu¹-fa³-sui²
    • Yale: yán-chū-fǎ-swéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanchufaaswei
    • Palladius: яньчуфасуй (janʹčufasuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

言出法隨

1. (usually used in proclamations) upon its promulgation the law shall be enforced to the letter

   • 倘有不法之徒，膽敢陰謀搗亂，本府本處言出法隨，勿謂言之不預。 [MSC, trad.]
     倘有不法之徒，胆敢阴谋捣乱，本府本处言出法随，勿谓言之不预。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《陜甘寧邊區政府、第八路軍後方留守處佈告》 (Proclamation by the Government of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region and the Rear Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition

     Tǎng yǒu bùfǎzhītú, dǎngǎn yīnmóu dǎoluàn, běn fǔ běn chù yánchūfǎsuí, wù wèi yánzhībùyù. [Pinyin]

     Henceforward, should any lawless person dare to plot disruption, the Border Region Government and the Rear Headquarters will enforce these regulations to the letter and will accept no plea of ignorance.