既成事實

See also: 既成事实, and 既成事実

Chinese

		completed; established; accomplished	fact; truth; de facto
trad. (既成事實)		既成	事實
simp. (既成事实)		既成	事实

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìchéng shìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ sing⁴ si⁶ sat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìchéng shìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìchéng shìhshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chʻêng² shih⁴-shih²
    • Yale: jì-chéng shr̀-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihcherng shyhshyr
    • Palladius: цзичэн шиши (czičɛn šiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ sing⁴ si⁶ sat⁶
    • Yale: gei sìhng sih saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ sing⁴ si⁶ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ xing⁴ xi⁶ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ sɪŋ²¹ siː²² sɐt̚²/

Noun

既成事實

1. established fact; accomplished fact; fait accompli

   • 雖可能有張伯倫一類的遷就所謂「既成事實」的「現實主義」的調頭出現，但主要的國際勢力將變到進一步地援助中國。 [MSC, trad.]
     虽可能有张伯伦一类的迁就所谓「既成事实」的「现实主义」的调头出现，但主要的国际势力将变到进一步地援助中国。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Suī kěnéng yǒu Zhāngbólún yīlèi de qiānjiù suǒwèi “jìchéng shìshí” de “xiànshízhǔyì” de diàotóu chūxiàn, dàn zhǔyào de guójì shìlì jiāng biàn dào jìnyībù de yuánzhù Zhōngguó. [Pinyin]

     The main international forces will incline towards giving more help to China, even though there may be talk of "realism" of the Chamberlain type which accommodates itself to faits accomplis.