管他三七二十一

管他三七二十一

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	he; him; other	three sevens beget twenty-one; the actual situation; facts of the matter
simp. and trad. (管他三七二十一)		管	他	三七二十一
Literally: “who cares that three times seven is twenty-one”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan ta san chi ellshyi
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
    • Yale: gún tā sāam chāt yih sahp yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun² taa¹ saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun² ta¹ sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ tʰäː⁵⁵ säːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

管他三七二十一

1. don't care how; who cares how

Synonyms

• 不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)