始亂終棄

Chinese

		begin	in confusion; disorderly	end; finish	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
trad. (始亂終棄)		始	亂	終	棄
simp. (始乱终弃)		始	乱	终	弃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐluànzhōngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² lyun⁶ zung¹ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐluànzhōngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhluànjhongcì
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-luan⁴-chung¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: shř-lwàn-jūng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyluannjongchih
    • Palladius: шилуаньчжунци (šiluanʹčžunci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² lyun⁶ zung¹ hei³
    • Yale: chí lyuhn jūng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² lyn⁶ dzung¹ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² lün⁶ zung¹ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ lyːn²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³³/

Idiom

始亂終棄

1. seduce and abandon