言不由衷

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	not; no	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone)	inner feelings
simp. and trad. (言不由衷)		言	不	由	衷
Literally: “one's words do not come from one's heart”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánbùyóuzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ bat¹ jau⁴ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánbùyóuzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánbùyóujhong
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-pu⁴-yu²-chung¹
    • Yale: yán-bù-yóu-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanbuyoujong
    • Palladius: яньбуючжун (janʹbujučžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ bat¹ jau⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: yìhn bāt yàuh jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ bat⁷ jau⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ bed¹ yeo⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

言不由衷

1. to speak insincerely; to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek