滅此朝食

Chinese

		extinguish	this; these	to breakfast; to have breakfast; breakfast
trad. (滅此朝食)		滅	此	朝食
simp. (灭此朝食)		灭	此	朝食
Literally: “to not have breakfast before the enemy is wiped out”.

Etymology

From 《左傳·成公二年》: 余姑翦滅此而朝食.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miècǐzhāoshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄘˇ ㄓㄠ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ ci² ziu¹ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miècǐzhāoshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄘˇ ㄓㄠ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miècǐhjhaoshíh
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-tzʻŭ³-chao¹-shih²
    • Yale: myè-tsž-jāu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehtsyyjaushyr
    • Palladius: мецычжаоши (mecyčžaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ ci² ziu¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: miht chí jīu sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ tsi² dziu¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ qi² jiu¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

滅此朝食

1. (figuratively) to be resolute to annihilate the enemy