冤家宜解不宜結

Chinese

		enemy; foe; opponent enemy; foe; opponent; sweetheart; destined love	proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	not suitable; inadvisable	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (冤家宜解不宜結)		冤家	宜	解	不宜	結
simp. (冤家宜解不宜结)		冤家	宜	解	不宜	结

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānjiā yí jiě bùyí jié

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ gaa¹ ji⁴ gaai² bat¹ ji⁴ git³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānjiā yí jiě bùyí jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuanjia yí jiě bùyí jié
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-chia¹ i² chieh³ pu⁴-i² chieh²
    • Yale: ywān-jyā yí jyě bù-yí jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanjia yi jiee buyi jye
    • Palladius: юаньцзя и цзе буи цзе (juanʹczja i cze bui cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ i³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ i³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ gaa¹ ji⁴ gaai² bat¹ ji⁴ git³
    • Yale: yūn gā yìh gáai bāt yìh git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ gaa¹ ji⁴ gaai² bat⁷ ji⁴ git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ ga¹ yi⁴ gai² bed¹ yi⁴ gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kaːi̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹ kiːt̚³/

Idiom

冤家宜解不宜結

1. better for foes to be reconciled than to contend with each other