人艱不拆

Chinese

		man; person; people	difficult; hard; hardship	not; no	to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
trad. (人艱不拆)		人	艱	不	拆
simp. (人艰不拆)		人	艰	不	拆

Etymology

From a line in the lyrics of Lying (《說謊》), a 2009 song by Yoga Lin, condensed to resemble a four-character chengyu (idiom):

別說我說謊　人生已經如此地艱難　有些事情　就不要拆穿 [MSC, trad.]

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别说我说谎　人生已经如此地艰难　有些事情　就不要拆穿 [MSC, simp.]

bié shuō wǒ shuōhuǎng, rénshēng yǐjīng rúcǐ de jiānnán, yǒuxiē shìqíng, jiù bùyào chāichuān [Pinyin]

Don't say that I'm lying;
Life has been so hard already;
Some things,
Are better not exposed.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénjiānbùchāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénjiānbùchāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénjianbùchai
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-chien¹-pu⁴-chʻai¹
    • Yale: rén-jyān-bù-chāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjianbuchai
    • Palladius: жэньцзяньбучай (žɛnʹczjanʹbučaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

人艱不拆

1. (neologism, slang, humorous) Life is hard already; some things need not be revealed.

Usage notes

Often used to respond to a stress-inducing revelation of truth by another person.