多一事不如少一事

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (多一事不如少一事)		多	一	事	不如	少	一	事
simp. #(多一事不如少一事)		多	一	事	不如	少	一	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duō yī shì bùrú shǎo yī shì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄠˇ ㄧ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ jat¹ si⁶ bat¹ jyu⁴ siu² jat¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duō yī shì bùrú shǎo yī shì [Phonetic: duō yí shì bùrú shǎo yí shì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄠˇ ㄧ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duo yi shìh bùrú shǎo yi shìh
    • Wade–Giles: to¹ i¹ shih⁴ pu⁴-ju² shao³ i¹ shih⁴
    • Yale: dwō yī shr̀ bù-rú shǎu yī shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duo i shyh buru shao i shyh
    • Palladius: до и ши бужу шао и ши (do i ši bužu šao i ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ jat¹ si⁶ bat¹ jyu⁴ siu² jat¹ si⁶
    • Yale: dō yāt sih bāt yùh síu yāt sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ jat⁷ si⁶ bat⁷ jy⁴ siu² jat⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ yed¹ xi⁶ bed¹ yu⁴ xiu² yed¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ siːu̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

Idiom

多一事不如少一事

1. "the less trouble the better"; to let something slide and avoid trouble