苟且偷生

Chinese

		negligent; careless; perfunctory negligent; careless; perfunctory; not observant of propriety	to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence
trad. (苟且偷生)		苟且	偷生
simp. #(苟且偷生)		苟且	偷生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuqiětōushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ce² tau¹ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuqiětōushēng [Phonetic: góuqiětōushēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuciětousheng
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-chʻieh³-tʻou¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: gǒu-chyě-tōu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouchieetousheng
    • Palladius: гоуцетоушэн (goucetoušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ce² tau¹ sang¹
    • Yale: gáu ché tāu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² tse² tau¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² cé² teo¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɛː³⁵ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

苟且偷生

1. to drag out an ignoble existence

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, Hakka) 挨生挨死