苟且偷生

Chinese

		negligent; careless; temporizing negligent; careless; temporizing; unprincipled; disregarding principles	to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence
trad. (苟且偷生)		苟且	偷生
simp. ^#(苟且偷生)		苟且	偷生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒuqiětōushēng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ce² tau¹ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǒuqiětōushēng [Phonetic: góuqiětōushēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouchiietousheng
  - IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² ce² tau¹ sang¹
  - Yale: gáu ché tāu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² tse² tau¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² cé² teo¹ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɛː³⁵ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

苟且偷生

to drag out an ignoble existence

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