玉石俱焚

玉石俱焚

Chinese

		jade	rock; stone; 10 pecks	a social club; entirely; without exception	burn
simp. and trad. (玉石俱焚)		玉	石	俱	焚
Literally: “jade and stone incinerated together”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùshíjùfén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄩˋ ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sek⁶ keoi¹ fan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yùshíjùfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄩˋ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwshyjiwfern
    • IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹ fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ sek⁶ keoi¹ fan⁴
    • Yale: yuhk sehk kēui fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sek⁹ koey¹ fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ség⁶ kêu¹ fen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɛːk̚² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/

Idiom

玉石俱焚

1. the good and the bad (or evil) perish together