雷霆萬鈞

雷霆萬鈞

Chinese

		large clap of thunder; one's power; one's wrath	something heavy or powerful
trad. (雷霆萬鈞)		雷霆	萬鈞
simp. (雷霆万钧)		雷霆	万钧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léitíngwànjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ ting⁴ maan⁶ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: léitíngwànjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leityngwannjiun
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léitíngwànjyun
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵ wän⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ ting⁴ maan⁶ gwan¹
    • Yale: lèuih tìhng maahn gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ ting⁴ maan⁶ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ ting⁴ man⁶ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ tʰɪŋ²¹ mäːn²² kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

雷霆萬鈞

1. as powerful as a thunderbolt; with an irresistable force

   • 惟獨共產主義的思想體系和社會制度，正以排山倒海之勢，雷霆萬鈞之力，磅礴於全世界，而葆其美妙之青春。 [MSC, trad.]
     惟独共产主义的思想体系和社会制度，正以排山倒海之势，雷霆万钧之力，磅礴于全世界，而葆其美妙之青春。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wéidú gòngchǎnzhǔyì de sīxiǎng tǐxì hé shèhuì zhìdù, zhèng yǐ páishāndǎohǎi zhī shì, léitíngwànjūn zhī lì, pángbó yú quánshìjiè, ér bǎo qí měimiào zhī qīngchūn. [Pinyin]

     The communist ideological and social system alone is full of youth and vitality, sweeping the world with the momentum of an avalanche and the force of a thunderbolt.