終天之恨

Chinese

		the whole day; all day long; all the time the whole day; all day long; all the time; all one's life; one's lifetime	's; him/her/it; this	to hate; regret
trad. (終天之恨)		終天	之	恨
simp. (终天之恨)		终天	之	恨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngtiānzhīhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄏㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ tin¹ zi¹ han⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtiānzhīhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄏㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtianjhihhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻien¹-chih¹-hên⁴
    • Yale: jūng-tyān-jr̄-hèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtianjyhenn
    • Palladius: чжунтяньчжихэнь (čžuntjanʹčžixɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ tin¹ zi¹ han⁶
    • Yale: jūng tīn jī hahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tin¹ dzi¹ han⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ tin¹ ji¹ hen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɐn²²/

Idiom

終天之恨

1. lifelong regret; eternal remorse

   • 歷來中國革命的失敗，都是被帝國主義絞殺的，無數革命的先烈，為此而抱終天之恨。 [MSC, trad.]
     历来中国革命的失败，都是被帝国主义绞杀的，无数革命的先烈，为此而抱终天之恨。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Lìlái Zhōngguó gémìng de shībài, dōu shì bèi dìguózhǔyì jiǎoshā de, wúshù gémìng de xiānliè, wèicǐ ér bào zhōngtiānzhīhèn. [Pinyin]

     Earlier revolutions failed in China because imperialism strangled them, and innumerable revolutionary martyrs died with eternal regret.

See also

• 抱恨終天／抱恨终天 (bàohènzhōngtiān)