非我族類，其心必異

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	I; me	people of the same clan or ethnicity; same type; same kind		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	heart; mind	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	different; unusual; strange
trad. (非我族類，其心必異)		非	我	族類	，	其	心	必	異
simp. (非我族类，其心必异)		非	我	族类	，	其	心	必	异
Literally: “If he be not of our kin, he is sure to have a different mind.”

Etymology

A quote from the Commentary of Zuo.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiwǒzúlèi, qíxīnbìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄌㄟˋ , ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ ngo⁵ zuk⁶ leoi⁶, kei⁴ sam¹ bit¹ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiwǒzúlèi, qíxīnbìyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄌㄟˋ , ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiwǒzúlèi, císinbìyì
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-wo³-tsu²-lei⁴, chʻi²-hsin¹-pi⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: fēi-wǒ-dzú-lèi-, chí-syīn-bì-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiwootzwuley, chyishinbihyih
    • Palladius: фэйвоцзулэй, цисиньбии (fɛjvoczulɛj, cisinʹbii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ ngo⁵ zuk⁶ leoi⁶, kei⁴ sam¹ bit¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: fēi ngóh juhk leuih, kèih sām bīt yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ ngo⁵ dzuk⁹ loey⁶, kei⁴ sam¹ bit⁷ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ ngo⁵ zug⁶ lêu⁶, kéi⁴ sem¹ bid¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʊk̚² lɵy̯²² kʰei̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ piːt̚⁵ jiː²²/

Proverb

非我族類，其心必異

1. People of a different race or ethnicity can not be trusted.