不近人情

Chinese

		not; no	near; close (to); approximately	human sentiment; natural human feelings; inherent goodness of human nature
trad. (不近人情)		不	近	人情
simp. #(不近人情)		不	近	人情

Etymology

From Zhuangzi:

吾驚怖其言，猶河漢而無極也；大有徑庭，不近人情焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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吾惊怖其言，犹河汉而无极也；大有径庭，不近人情焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

Wú jīngbù qí yán, yóu héhàn ér wújí yě; dà yǒu jìngtíng, bù jìn rénqíng yān. [Pinyin]

I was frightened by them; they were like the Milky Way which cannot be traced to its beginning or end. They had no connexion with one another, and were not akin to the experiences of men.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjìn-rénqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gan⁶ jan⁴ cing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjìn-rénqíng [Phonetic: bújìn-rénqíng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjìnréncíng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chin⁴-jên²-chʻing²
    • Yale: bù-jìn-rén-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujinnrenchyng
    • Palladius: буцзиньжэньцин (buczinʹžɛnʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gan⁶ jan⁴ cing⁴
    • Yale: bāt gahn yàhn chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gan⁶ jan⁴ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gen⁶ yen⁴ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐn²² jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

不近人情

1. not amenable to reason; inconsiderate of human feelings; unkind; insensitive