惡人先告狀

See also: 恶人先告状

Chinese

		bad person; vile creature; villain	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to complain to one's parents or superiors; to file a lawsuit; to sue
trad. (惡人先告狀)		惡人	先	告狀
simp. (恶人先告状)		恶人	先	告状

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrén xiān gàozhuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ jan⁴ sin¹ gou³ zong^6-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷oq-gnin ¹shi ⁵kau ⁶zaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrén xiān gàozhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrén sian gàojhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-jên² hsien¹ kao⁴-chuang⁴
    • Yale: è-rén syān gàu-jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehren shian gawjuanq
    • Palladius: эжэнь сянь гаочжуан (ežɛnʹ sjanʹ gaočžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ok³ jan⁴ sin¹ gou³ zong^6-2
    • Yale: ok yàhn sīn gou jóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ jan⁴ sin¹ gou³ dzong^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: og³ yen⁴ xin¹ gou³ zong^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ jɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵ kou̯³³ t͡sɔːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷oq-gnin ¹shi ⁵kau ⁶zaon
    • MiniDict: oh^入 nyin shi^平 kau^去 zaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq-nyin ¹xi ²kau ³zaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ³³ n̠ʲin³³  ɕi⁴⁴  kɔ⁴⁴  zɑ̃²³/

Idiom

惡人先告狀

1. the bad guy is the first to sling accusations
2. the guilty party filing a suit first, to pre-empt action by the victim