捨我其誰

Chinese

		give up; abandon	I; me	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	who
trad. (捨我其誰/舍我其誰)		捨/舍	我	其	誰
simp. (舍我其谁)		舍	我	其	谁
Literally: “who, other than me?”.

Etymology

From Mencius (《孟子·公孫丑下》):

夫天，未欲平治天下也；如欲平治天下，當今之世，舍我其誰也？吾何為不豫哉？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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夫天，未欲平治天下也；如欲平治天下，当今之世，舍我其谁也？吾何为不豫哉？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fú tiān, wèi yù píngzhì tiānxià yě; rú yù píngzhì tiānxià, dāngjīn zhī shì, shě wǒ qí shéi yě? Wú héwèi bù yù zāi? [Pinyin]

But Heaven does not yet wish that the kingdom should enjoy tranquillity and good order. If it wished this, who is there besides me to bring it about? How should I be otherwise than dissatisfied?

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěwǒqíshéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² ngo⁵ kei⁴ seoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěwǒqíshéi [Phonetic: shéwǒqíshéi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěwǒcíshéi
    • Wade–Giles: shê³-wo³-chʻi²-shei²
    • Yale: shě-wǒ-chí-shéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheewoochyisheir
    • Palladius: шэвоцишэй (šɛvocišɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂeɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² ngo⁵ kei⁴ seoi⁴
    • Yale: sé ngóh kèih sèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² ngo⁵ kei⁴ soey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² ngo⁵ kéi⁴ sêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ kʰei̯²¹ sɵy̯²¹/

Idiom

捨我其誰

1. to dare to undertake a responsibility