取之無禁，用之不竭

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	's; him/her/it; this	not have	to prohibit; to forbid; endure		to use	's; him/her/it; this	not; no	exhaust
trad. (取之無禁，用之不竭)		取	之	無	禁	，	用	之	不	竭
simp. (取之无禁，用之不竭)		取	之	无	禁	，	用	之	不	竭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔ zhī wú jìn, yòng zhī bù jié

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ , ㄩㄥˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔ zhī wú jìn, yòng zhī bù jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ , ㄩㄥˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔ jhih wú jìn, yòng jhih bù jié
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³ chih¹ wu² chin⁴, yung⁴ chih¹ pu⁴ chieh²
    • Yale: chyǔ jr̄ wú jìn-, yùng jr̄ bù jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu jy wu jinn, yonq jy bu jye
    • Palladius: цюй чжи у цзинь, юн чжи бу цзе (cjuj čži u czinʹ, jun čži bu cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Idiom

取之無禁，用之不竭

1. Synonym of 取之不盡，用之不竭／取之不尽，用之不竭 (qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié, “(of resources) inexhaustible”)