死不瞑目

死不瞑目

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to close one's eyes in death; to die content
simp. and trad. (死不瞑目)		死	不	瞑目
Literally: “to die without closing one's eyes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐbùmíngmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶, sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐbùmíngmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syybumingmuh
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶, sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶
    • Yale: séi bāt mìhng muhk, séi bāt míhng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² bat⁷ ming⁴ muk⁹, sei² bat⁷ ming⁵ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² bed¹ ming⁴ mug⁶, séi² bed¹ ming⁵ mug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/, /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ¹³ mʊk̚²/

Idiom

死不瞑目

1. to die with a grievance or regret

Antonyms

• 死亦瞑目 (sǐyìmíngmù)