不即不離

Chinese

		not; no	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	not; no	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (不即不離)		不	即	不	離
simp. (不即不离)		不	即	不	离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjíbùlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zik¹ bat¹ lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjíbùlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjíbùlí
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chi²-pu⁴-li²
    • Yale: bù-jí-bù-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyibuli
    • Palladius: буцзибули (buczibuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zik¹ bat¹ lei⁴
    • Yale: bāt jīk bāt lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzik⁷ bat⁷ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ jig¹ bed¹ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²¹/

Idiom

不即不離

1. to keep somebody at arm's length