破罐子破摔

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	pot; can; jar	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	throw on ground; to fall
trad. (破罐子破摔)		破	罐子	破	摔
simp. #(破罐子破摔)		破	罐子	破	摔
Literally: “to smash a cracked pot”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pò guànzi pò shuāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄗ ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ gun³ zi² po³ seot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pò guànzi pò shuāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄗ ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pò guànzi̊h pò shuai
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴ kuan⁴-tzŭ⁵ pʻo⁴ shuai¹
    • Yale: pwò gwàn-dz pwò shwāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poh guann.tzy poh shuai
    • Palladius: по гуаньцзы по шуай (po guanʹczy po šuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯än⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ gun³ zi² po³ seot¹
    • Yale: po gun jí po sēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ gun³ dzi² po³ soet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ gun³ ji² po³ sêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ kuːn³³ t͡siː³⁵ pʰɔː³³ sɵt̚⁵/

Idiom

破罐子破摔

1. to allow things to worsen even if you know there are faults or mistakes

Synonyms

• 破罐破摔 (pò guàn pò shuāi)