無法無天

無法無天

See also: 无法无天

Chinese

		not have	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	not have	day; sky; heaven
trad. (無法無天)		無	法	無	天
simp. (无法无天)		无	法	无	天

Etymology

From

• 無／无 (wú, “not have”) + 法 (fǎ) (short for 法紀／法纪 (fǎjì, “law”)): ("no (respect for) law") +
• 無／无 (wú, “not have”) + 天 (tiān) (short for 天理 (tiānlǐ, “heavenly justice”).

Literally "no (respect for) heaven(ly) justice".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúfǎwútiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ faat³ mou⁴ tin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): bû-hoat-bû-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúfǎwútiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúfǎwútian
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-fa³-wu²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: wú-fǎ-wú-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wufaawutian
    • Palladius: уфаутянь (ufautjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ tʰjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ faat³ mou⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: mòuh faat mòuh tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ faat⁸ mou⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fad³ mou⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ faːt̚³ mou̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-hoat-bû-thian
    • Tâi-lô: bû-huat-bû-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'hoatbu'tiefn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ bu²³⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ bu²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Idiom

無法無天

1. no respect for law and order; unruly

Derived terms

和尚打傘——無法無天／和尚打伞——无法无天 (héshàng dǎ sǎn, wúfǎwútiān)