怨聲載道

See also: 怨声载道

Chinese

		wail; lament; voice of complaint	to carry; to convey; to load to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; and; also; as well as; simultaneously; year	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (怨聲載道)		怨聲	載	道
simp. (怨声载道)		怨声	载	道
Literally: “cries of complaint fill the roads”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuànshēngzàidào

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun³ sing¹ zoi³ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-sâng-chai-tho / yan-sâng-chai-tho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuànshēngzàidào
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuànshengzàidào
    • Wade–Giles: yüan⁴-shêng¹-tsai⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: ywàn-shēng-dzài-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuannshengtzaydaw
    • Palladius: юаньшэнцзайдао (juanʹšɛnczajdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun³ sing¹ zoi³ dou⁶
    • Yale: yun sīng joi douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn³ sing¹ dzoi³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun³ xing¹ zoi³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-sâng-chai-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien sang^ˊ zai to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ sang¹ zai⁴ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-sâng-chai-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian sang^ˊ zai to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ sang¹ zai⁴ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/

Idiom

怨聲載道

1. public discontent is everywhere; discontent is publicly voiced; complaints rise all around

   • 變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Biànfǎ biàndé rénxīn huánghuáng, yuànshēngzǎidào. Jūrán hái zhǎo rìběnrén dāng gùwèn. Zhè bùshì yǐnlángrùshì, qǐngguǐláikāiyàofāng ne? [Pinyin]

     The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?