君辱臣死

Chinese

		monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	disgrace; insult	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (君辱臣死)		君	辱	臣	死
simp. #(君辱臣死)		君	辱	臣	死

Etymology

From Guoyu.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūnrǔchénsǐ, jūnrùchénsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ ㄖㄨˇ ㄔㄣˊ ㄙˇ, ㄐㄩㄣ ㄖㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄙˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūnrǔchénsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ ㄖㄨˇ ㄔㄣˊ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyunrǔchénsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹-ju³-chʻên²-ssŭ³
    • Yale: jyūn-rǔ-chén-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunruuchernsyy
    • Palladius: цзюньжучэньсы (czjunʹžučɛnʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūnrùchénsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ ㄖㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyunrùchénsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹-ju⁴-chʻên²-ssŭ³
    • Yale: jyūn-rù-chén-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunruhchernsyy
    • Palladius: цзюньжучэньсы (czjunʹžučɛnʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

君辱臣死

1. (literary) If the king is disgraced, the king's servant must die.

References

• 國語/卷21
• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 13 (overall work in Mandarin and English)