罪大滔天

Chinese

		guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	billowing; huge; severe billowing; huge; severe; great; heinous
trad. (罪大滔天)		罪	大	滔天
simp. #(罪大滔天)		罪	大	滔天

Etymology

“Sony”

From the wrong translation of the line in the 1992 film Royal Tramp:

索尼罪大滔天，搞到百姓怨聲載道。 [Cantonese, trad.]

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索尼罪大滔天，搞到百姓怨声载道。 [Cantonese, simp.]

sok³ nei⁴ zeoi⁶ daai⁶ tou¹ tin¹, gaau² dou³ baak³ sing³ jyun³ sing¹ zoi³ dou⁶. [Jyutping]

Sonin has committed so many crimes that he caused public discontent.

Here 索尼 (Suǒní) refers to the Qing historical figure Sonin, but the filmmaker mistranslated the line as “Sony is guilty, he makes our people angry” in the English subtitles.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuìdàtāotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ daai⁶ ok³ gik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuìdàtāotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuèidàtaotian
    • Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-ta⁴-tʻao¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: dzwèi-dà-tāu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueydahtautian
    • Palladius: цзуйдатаотянь (czujdataotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ daai⁶ ok³ gik⁶
    • Yale: jeuih daaih ok gihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ daai⁶ ok⁸ gik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ dai⁶ og³ gig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² taːi̯²² ɔːk̚³ kɪk̚²/

Idiom

罪大滔天

1. to have committed a grave sin and be evil to the extreme

Synonyms

• 罪大惡極／罪大恶极 (zuìdà'èjí)

Proper noun

罪大滔天

1. (slang, humorous or derogatory) Sony

Synonyms

• 罪大