劉備借荊州——有借無還

See also: 刘备借荆州——有借无还

Chinese

		Liu Bei	to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	Jingzhou		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	not have	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet
trad. (劉備借荊州——有借無還)		劉備	借	荊州	——	有	借	無	還
simp. (刘备借荆州——有借无还)		刘备	借	荆州	——	有	借	无	还
Literally: “Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou - borrowing without returning”.

Etymology

From the plot of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where Liu Bei asked Sun Quan to lend Jingzhou to him, but Liu refused to return Sun's land when asked to.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liú Bèi jiè Jīngzhōu, yǒu jiè wú huán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄡ , ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liú Bèi jiè Jīngzhōu, yǒu jiè wú huán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄡ , ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lióu Bèi jiè Jingjhou, yǒu jiè wú huán
    • Wade–Giles: Liu² Pei⁴ chieh⁴ Ching¹-chou¹, yu³ chieh⁴ wu² huan²
    • Yale: Lyóu Bèi jyè Jīng-jōu-, yǒu jyè wú hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liou Bey jieh Jingjou, yeou jieh wu hwan
    • Palladius: Лю Бэй цзе Цзинчжоу, ю цзе у хуань (Lju Bɛj cze Czinčžou, ju cze u xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ u³⁵ xu̯än³⁵/

Idiom

劉備借荊州——有借無還

1. something borrowed will not be returned

Synonyms

• 肉包子打狗 (ròubāozi dǎ gǒu)
• (Cantonese) 劉備借荊州——有借冇還／刘备借荆州——有借冇还, 劉備借荊州——一借冇回頭／刘备借荆州——一借冇回头