死纏爛打

See also: 死缠烂打

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to bother; wind around; wrap round to bother; wind around; wrap round; coil; involve; annoy; tangle	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
trad. (死纏爛打)		死	纏	爛	打
simp. (死缠烂打)		死	缠	烂	打
Based on the Cantonese pattern of 死……爛……／死……烂…….

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐchánlàndǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄔㄢˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄉㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² cin⁴ laan⁶ daa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐchánlàndǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄔㄢˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄉㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhchánlàndǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chʻan²-lan⁴-ta³
    • Yale: sž-chán-làn-dǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syycharnlanndaa
    • Palladius: сычаньланьда (syčanʹlanʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ län⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² cin⁴ laan⁶ daa²
    • Yale: séi chìhn laahn dá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² tsin⁴ laan⁶ daa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² qin⁴ lan⁶ da²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ laːn²² taː³⁵/

Idiom

死纏爛打

1. to persistently pursue one's love (despite multiple rejections); undeterred chasing; obsession