天無二日

天無二日

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	not have	two	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (天無二日)		天	無	二	日
simp. (天无二日)		天	无	二	日
Literally: “there are no two suns in the sky”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānwú'èrrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˊ ㄦˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānwú'èrrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˊ ㄦˋ ㄖˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianwuellryh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianwú'èrrì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ u³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: tīn mòuh yih yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ mou⁴ yi⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jiː²² jɐt̚²/

Idiom

天無二日

1. there cannot be two monarchs or chiefs at the same time