破釜沉舟

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	kettle; caldron	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	boat
simp. and trad. (破釜沉舟)		破	釜	沉	舟
Literally: “break the (cooking) pots and sink the boat”.

Etymology

In reference to an incident which occurred during the Battle of Julu.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòfǔchénzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄈㄨˇ ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ fu² cam⁴ zau¹
Min Nan (POJ): phò͘-hú tîm-chiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pòfǔchénzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄈㄨˇ ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohfuuchernjou
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ fu² cam⁴ zau¹
  - Yale: po fú chàhm jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ fu² tsam⁴ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ fu² cem⁴ zeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ fuː³⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò͘-hú tîm-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: phòo-hú tîm-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phorhuo dimciw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tim²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu³³/

Idiom

破釜沉舟

to burn one's boats; to cross the Rubicon; to reach the point of no return

References

Battle of Julu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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