以眼還眼

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	eye	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	eye
trad. (以眼還眼)		以	眼	還	眼
simp. (以眼还眼)		以	眼	还	眼

Etymology

From the Chinese translation of the biblical phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (以眼還眼，以牙還牙／以眼还眼，以牙还牙 (yǐyǎnhuányǎn, yǐyáhuányá)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐyǎnhuányǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngaan⁵ waan⁴ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐyǎnhuányǎn [Phonetic: yíyǎnhuányǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐyǎnhuányǎn
    • Wade–Giles: i³-yen³-huan²-yen³
    • Yale: yǐ-yǎn-hwán-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiyeanhwanyean
    • Palladius: ияньхуаньянь (ijanʹxuanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ngaan⁵ waan⁴ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: yíh ngáahn wàahn ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngaan⁵ waan⁴ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ngan⁵ wan⁴ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋaːn¹³ waːn²¹ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

以眼還眼

1. to take an eye for an eye

See also

• 以牙還牙／以牙还牙 (yǐyáhuányá, “a tooth for a tooth”)