樹不要皮必死無疑，人不要臉天下無敵

Chinese

		tree	to not want; not going to; will not	leather; skin; fur	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to be undoubted; to be beyond doubt; definitely to be undoubted; to be beyond doubt; definitely; certainly; surely		man; person; people	to be shameless	invincible; unbeatable; having no match
trad. (樹不要皮必死無疑，人不要臉天下無敵)		樹	不要	皮	必	死	無疑	，	人	不要臉	天下無敵
simp. (树不要皮必死无疑，人不要脸天下无敌)		树	不要	皮	必	死	无疑	，	人	不要脸	天下无敌
Literally: “A tree without bark will die without a doubt; a man unconcerned about saving his face is invincible.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù bùyào pí bì sǐ wúyí, rén bùyào liǎn tiānxiàwúdí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù bùyào pí bì sǐ wúyí, rén bùyào liǎn tiānxiàwúdí [Phonetic: shù búyào pí bì sǐ wúyí, rén búyào liǎn tiānxiàwúdí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù bùyào pí bì sǐh wúyí, rén bùyào liǎn tiansiàwúdí
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴ pu⁴-yao⁴ pʻi² pi⁴ ssŭ³ wu²-i², jên² pu⁴-yao⁴ lien³ tʻien¹-hsia⁴-wu²-ti²
    • Yale: shù bù-yàu pí bì sž wú-yí-, rén bù-yàu lyǎn tyān-syà-wú-dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh buyaw pyi bih syy wuyi, ren buyaw lean tianshiahwudyi
    • Palladius: шу буяо пи би сы уи, жэнь буяо лянь тяньсяуди (šu bujao pi bi sy ui, žɛnʹ bujao ljanʹ tjanʹsjaudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ pi⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i³⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵ ti³⁵/

Proverb

樹不要皮必死無疑，人不要臉天下無敵

1. (sarcastic) A shameless person is undefeatable and difficult to deal with.

Usage notes

Sometimes only the latter half of this idiom is used.