寧在人前全不會,莫在人前會不全

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Chinese[edit]

peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
man; person; people
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
all; whole; entire
all; whole; entire; every; complete
not; no
 
to meet; to gather; group
to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
do not; there is none who
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
man; person; people
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
to meet; to gather; group
to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (寧在人前全不會,莫在人前會不全) 不全
simp. (宁在人前全不会,莫在人前会不全) 不全

Pronunciation[edit]


  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: níngzàirénqiánquánbùhuì, mòzàirénqiánhuìbùquán
      • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ , ㄇㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: níngzàirénciáncyuánbùhuèi, mòzàirénciánhuèibùcyuán
      • Wade–Giles: ning2-tsai4-jên2-chʻien2-chʻüan2-pu4-hui4, mo4-tsai4-jên2-chʻien2-hui4-pu4-chʻüan2
      • Yale: níng-dzài-rén-chyán-chywán-bù-hwèi-, mwò-dzài-rén-chyán-hwèi-bù-chywán
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningtzayrenchyanchyuanbuhuey, mohtzayrenchyanhueybuchyuan
      • Palladius: нинцзайжэньцяньцюаньбухуэй, моцзайжэньцяньхуэйбуцюань (ninczajžɛnʹcjanʹcjuanʹbuxuej, moczajžɛnʹcjanʹxuejbucjuanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /niŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Proverb[edit]

寧在人前全不會,莫在人前會不全

  1. it is better not to be in public at all than to be imperfect in public