勿謂言之不預

Chinese

		do not	speak of	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	's; him/her/it; this	not; no	to advance; in advance; beforehand to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare
trad. (勿謂言之不預)		勿	謂	言	之	不	預
simp. (勿谓言之不预)		勿	谓	言	之	不	预

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù wèi yán zhī bù yù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ wai⁶ jin⁴ zi¹ bat¹ jyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù wèi yán zhī bù yù [Phonetic: wù wèi yán zhī bú yù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù wèi yán jhih bù yù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴ wei⁴ yen² chih¹ pu⁴ yü⁴
    • Yale: wù wèi yán jr̄ bù yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh wey yan jy bu yuh
    • Palladius: у вэй янь чжи бу юй (u vɛj janʹ čži bu juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ wai⁶ jin⁴ zi¹ bat¹ jyu⁶
    • Yale: maht waih yìhn jī bāt yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ wai⁶ jin⁴ dzi¹ bat⁷ jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ wei⁶ yin⁴ ji¹ bed¹ yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² wɐi̯²² jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²²/

Idiom

勿謂言之不預

1. Don't say you haven't been forewarned.

   • 倘有不法之徒，膽敢陰謀搗亂，本府本處言出法隨，勿謂言之不預。 [MSC, trad.]
     倘有不法之徒，胆敢阴谋捣乱，本府本处言出法随，勿谓言之不预。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《陜甘寧邊區政府、第八路軍後方留守處佈告》 (Proclamation by the Government of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region and the Rear Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition

     Tǎng yǒu bùfǎzhītú, dǎngǎn yīnmóu dǎoluàn, běn fǔ běn chù yánchūfǎsuí, wù wèi yánzhībùyù. [Pinyin]

     Henceforward, should any lawless person dare to plot disruption, the Border Region Government and the Rear Headquarters will enforce these regulations to the letter and will accept no plea of ignorance.