自古皆有死，民無信不立

See also: 自古皆有死，民无信不立

Chinese

		from time immemorial; since ancient times	all; each and every; in all cases	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid		the people; nationality; citizen	If people have no faith in a person, there is no standing for that person.
trad. (自古皆有死，民無信不立)		自古	皆	有	死	，	民	無信不立
simp. (自古皆有死，民无信不立)		自古	皆	有	死	，	民	无信不立

Etymology

See 無信不立／无信不立 (wúxìnbùlì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, mín wúxìnbùlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ , ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, mín wúxìnbùlì [Phonetic: zìgǔjiēyóusǐ,mínwúxìnbúlì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ , ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhgǔ jie yǒu sǐh, mín wúsìnbùlì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ku³ chieh¹ yu³ ssŭ³, min² wu²-hsin⁴-pu⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-gǔ jyē yǒu sž-, mín wú-syìn-bù-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhguu jie yeou syy, min wushinnbulih
    • Palladius: цзыгу цзе ю сы, минь усиньбули (czygu cze ju sy, minʹ usinʹbuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ min³⁵ u³⁵ ɕin⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li⁵¹/

Proverb

自古皆有死，民無信不立

1. Since ancient times, all men experience death; but if the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state.

Related terms

• 自古皆有死，人無信不立／自古皆有死，人无信不立 (zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, rén wúxìnbùlì)