在劫難逃
Appearance
Chinese
[edit](located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing |
plunder | disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
to escape; to run away; to flee | ||
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trad. (在劫難逃) | 在 | 劫 | 難 | 逃 | |
simp. (在劫难逃) | 在 | 劫 | 难 | 逃 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zàijiénántáo
- Wade–Giles: tsai4-chieh2-nan2-tʻao2
- Yale: dzài-jyé-nán-táu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjyenantaur
- Palladius: цзайцзенаньтао (czajczenanʹtao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ nän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]在劫難逃
- (originally Buddhism) there is no escaping fate; inexorably doomed