趕盡殺絕
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to catch up; to overtake; to hurry to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away |
to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something) |
to kill; to murder; to slaughter | cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | ||
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trad. (趕盡殺絕) | 趕 | 盡 | 殺 | 絕 | |
simp. (赶尽杀绝) | 赶 | 尽 | 杀 | 绝 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnjìnshajyué
- Wade–Giles: kan3-chin4-sha1-chüeh2
- Yale: gǎn-jìn-shā-jywé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanjinnshajyue
- Palladius: ганьцзиньшацзюэ (ganʹczinʹšaczjue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gon2 zeon6 saat3 zyut6
- Yale: gón jeuhn saat jyuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: gon2 dzoen6 saat8 dzyt9
- Guangdong Romanization: gon2 zên6 sad3 jud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːn³⁵ t͡sɵn²² saːt̚³ t͡syːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]趕盡殺絕
- to drive away and kill all; to kill to the last one; to exterminate