翻臉不認人

翻臉不認人

See also: 翻脸不认人

Chinese

		to suddenly turn hostile; to fall out with	not; no	to recognize; to know; to admit	man; person; people
trad. (翻臉不認人)		翻臉	不	認	人
simp. (翻脸不认人)		翻脸	不	认	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānliǎn bù rèn rén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ lim⁵ bat¹ jing⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fānliǎn bù rèn rén [Phonetic: fānliǎn bú rèn rén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanlean bu renn ren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanliǎn bù rèn rén
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ljɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ lim⁵ bat¹ jing⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: fāan líhm bāt yihng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ lim⁵ bat⁷ jing⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ lim⁵ bed¹ ying⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fäːn⁵⁵ liːm¹³ pɐt̚⁵ jɪŋ²² jɐn²¹/

Idiom

翻臉不認人

1. to do an about-face and become hostile or cold to someone