國有難，回必亂

Chinese

		country; state; nation	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good		Hui	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (國有難，回必亂)		國	有	難	，	回	必	亂
simp. (国有难，回必乱)		国	有	难	，	回	必	乱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guó yǒu nàn, Huí bì luàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄢˋ , ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guó yǒu nàn, Huí bì luàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄢˋ , ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guó yǒu nàn, Huéi bì luàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuo² yu³ nan⁴, Hui² pi⁴ luan⁴
    • Yale: gwó yǒu nàn-, Hwéi bì lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo yeou nann, Hwei bih luann
    • Palladius: го ю нань, Хуэй би луань (go ju nanʹ, Xuej bi luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯än⁵¹/

Proverb

國有難，回必亂

1. Whenever the country (China) is in peril, the Hui people revolt.

Usage notes

This saying is considered offensive towards the Hui people.