天理不容

Chinese

		rules of nature; laws of nature; natural law rules of nature; laws of nature; natural law; justice; fairness	to not allow; to not tolerate; to not brook to not allow; to not tolerate; to not brook; to not accommodate; to not welcome
simp. and trad. (天理不容)		天理	不容

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānlǐbùróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ lei⁵ bat¹ jung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānlǐbùróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianlǐbùróng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-li³-pu⁴-jung²
    • Yale: tyān-lǐ-bù-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianliiburong
    • Palladius: тяньлибужун (tjanʹlibužun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ lei⁵ bat¹ jung⁴
    • Yale: tīn léih bāt yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ lei⁵ bat⁷ jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ léi⁵ bed¹ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

天理不容

1. providence would not forgive (something)

   • 話說殺人償命，是人世間最大的事，非同小可。所以是真難假，是假難真。真的時節，縱然有錢可以通神，目下脫逃憲網，到底天理不容，無心之中，自然敗露。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     话说杀人偿命，是人世间最大的事，非同小可。所以是真难假，是假难真。真的时节，纵然有钱可以通神，目下脱逃宪网，到底天理不容，无心之中，自然败露。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1627, Ling Mengchu, 初刻拍案驚奇

     Huàshuō shārénchángmìng, shì rénshìjiān zuì dà de shì, fēitóngxiǎokě. Suǒyǐ shì zhēn nán jiǎ, shì jiǎ nán zhēn. Zhēn de shíjié, zòngrán yǒuqián kěyǐ tōngshén, mùxià tuōtáo xiànwǎng, dàodǐ tiānlǐbùróng, wúxīn zhī zhōng, zìrán bàilù. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 天理難容／天理难容 (tiānlǐnánróng)