他朝君體也相同

Chinese

		some other day	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	body; form; style body; form; style; system	also; too	identical; same
trad. (他朝君體也相同)		他朝	君	體	也	相同
simp. (他朝君体也相同)		他朝	君	体	也	相同

Etymology

From the couplet at the entrance of St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery (天主教聖彌額爾墳場) in Happy Valley, Hong Kong:

今夕吾軀歸故土，他朝君体也相同 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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今夕吾躯归故土，他朝君体也相同 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

jīnxī wú qū guī gùtǔ, tā zhāo jūn tǐ yě xiāngtóng [Pinyin]

This evening my body returns to the earth; some day the same will happen to you too.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāzhāo jūntǐ yě xiāngtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄓㄠ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄊㄧˇ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ ziu¹ gwan¹ tai² jaa⁵ soeng¹ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāzhāo jūntǐ yě xiāngtóng [Phonetic: tāzhāojūntíyěxiāngtóng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄓㄠ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄊㄧˇ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tajhao jyuntǐ yě siangtóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-chao¹ chün¹-tʻi³ yeh³ hsiang¹-tʻung²
    • Yale: tā-jāu jyūn-tǐ yě syāng-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tajau jiuntii yee shiangtorng
    • Palladius: тачжао цзюньти е сянтун (tačžao czjunʹti je sjantun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹ ziu¹ gwan¹ tai² jaa⁵ soeng¹ tung⁴
    • Yale: tā jīu gwān tái yáh sēung tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ dziu¹ gwan¹ tai² jaa⁵ soeng¹ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ jiu¹ guen¹ tei² ya⁵ sêng¹ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ jaː¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

他朝君體也相同

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) you will suffer the same fate