管他三七二十一
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Chinese
[edit]to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe |
he; him; other | three sevens beget twenty-one; the actual situation; facts of the matter | ||
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trad. (管他三七二十一) | 管 | 他 | 三七二十一 | |
simp. #(管他三七二十一) | 管 | 他 | 三七二十一 | |
Literally: “who cares that three times seven is twenty-one”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn ta san ci èrshíhyi
- Wade–Giles: kuan3 tʻa1 san1 chʻi1 êrh4-shih2-i1
- Yale: gwǎn tā sān chī èr-shŕ-yī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan ta san chi ellshyri
- Palladius: гуань та сань ци эршии (guanʹ ta sanʹ ci eršii)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gun2 taa1 saam1 cat1 ji6 sap6 jat1
- Yale: gún tā sāam chāt yih sahp yāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: gun2 taa1 saam1 tsat7 ji6 sap9 jat7
- Guangdong Romanization: gun2 ta1 sam1 ced1 yi6 seb6 yed1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuːn³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]管他三七二十一
- casting all caution to the winds; regardless of the circumstances or consequences; come what may
Synonyms
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