莫之與京

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	's; him/her/it; this	and; to give; together with and; to give; together with; take part in; (interrog. part.)	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
trad. (莫之與京)		莫	之	與	京
simp. (莫之与京)		莫	之	与	京

Etymology

From the Commentary of Zuo:

有媯之後，將育于姜，五世其昌，並于正卿，八世之後，莫之與京。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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有妫之后，将育于姜，五世其昌，并于正卿，八世之后，莫之与京。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Yǒuguī zhīhòu, jiāng yù yú Jiāng, wǔshìqíchāng, bìng yú zhèngqīng, bā shì zhīhòu, mòzhīyǔjīng. [Pinyin]

The posterity of this scion of the Gui [surname of the House of Chen] will be nourished among the Jiang [surname of the House of Qi]. In five generations they will be prosperous, and the highest ministers in Qi; in eight, there will be none to compare with them for greatness.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòzhīyǔjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄓ ㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ zi¹ jyu⁵ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòzhīyǔjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄓ ㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòjhihyǔjing
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-chih¹-yü³-ching¹
    • Yale: mwò-jr̄-yǔ-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohjyyeujing
    • Palladius: мочжиюйцзин (močžijujczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ zi¹ jyu⁵ ging¹
    • Yale: mohk jī yúh gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ dzi¹ jy⁵ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ ji¹ yu⁵ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ jyː¹³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

莫之與京

1. (literary) to be incomparably large