人心不古

Chinese

		people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature	not; no	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (人心不古)		人心	不	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénxīnbùgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīnbùgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsinbùgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsin¹-pu⁴-ku³
    • Yale: rén-syīn-bù-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshinbuguu
    • Palladius: жэньсиньбугу (žɛnʹsinʹbugu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ gu²
    • Yale: yàhn sām bāt gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sam¹ bat⁷ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sem¹ bed¹ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kuː³⁵/

Idiom

人心不古

1. the moral compass of modern man lags far behind that of the ancients; people are no longer simple and honest