不共戴天

不共戴天

Chinese

		not; no	all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total	to put on; to respect; to bear to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves)	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (不共戴天)		不	共	戴	天

Etymology

父之讎，弗與共戴天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

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父之仇，弗与共戴天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, circa 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

Fù zhī chóu, fú yǔ gòng dài tiān. [Pinyin]

With the enemy who has slain his father, one should not live under the same heaven.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgòngdàitiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gung⁶ daai³ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùgòngdàitiān [Phonetic: búgòngdàitiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugonqdaytian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùgòngdàitian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹ tʰjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gung⁶ daai³ tin¹
    • Yale: bāt guhng daai tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gung⁶ daai³ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gung⁶ dai³ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʊŋ²² täːi̯³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

不共戴天

1. to swear not to live under the same sky (with one's enemy)
2. to be absolutely irreconcilable

Derived terms

不共戴天之仇