公親變事主

Chinese

		mediator	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	victim of a crime; injured party; party
trad. (公親變事主)		公親	變	事主
simp. (公亲变事主)		公亲	变	事主
Literally: “The mediator becomes an involved party”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngqīn biàn shìzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-chhin-piàn-sū-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngqīn biàn shìzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongcin biàn shìhjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chʻin¹ pien⁴ shih⁴-chu³
    • Yale: gūng-chīn byàn shr̀-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongchin biann shyhjuu
    • Palladius: гунцинь бянь шичжу (guncinʹ bjanʹ šičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-chhin-piàn-sū-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tshin-piàn-sū-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongchinpiernsuxzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Idiom

公親變事主

1. (Taiwan) It's hard to be a mediator.

   你著細膩，毋通公親變事主。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   你著细腻，毋通公亲变事主。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí tio̍h sè-jī, m̄-thang kong-chhin-piàn-sū-chú. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Be careful not to get yourself involved while negotiating between parties.

References

• “Entry #60097”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.