破罐子破摔

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	pot; can; jar	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	throw on ground; to fall
trad. (破罐子破摔)		破	罐子	破	摔
simp. ^#(破罐子破摔)		破	罐子	破	摔
Literally: “to smash a cracked pot”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pò guànzi pò shuāi

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄗㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ gun³ zi² po³ seot¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pò guànzi pò shuāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄗㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pò guànzi̊h pò shuai
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴ kuan⁴-tzŭ⁵ pʻo⁴ shuai¹
  - Yale: pwò gwàn-dz pwò shwāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poh guann.tzy poh shuai
  - Palladius: по гуаньцзы по шуай (po guanʹczy po šuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯än⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ gun³ zi² po³ seot¹
  - Yale: po gun jí po sēut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ gun³ dzi² po³ soet⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ gun³ ji² po³ sêd¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ kuːn³³ t͡siː³⁵ pʰɔː³³ sɵt̚⁵/

Idiom

破罐子破摔

to allow things to worsen even if you know there are faults or mistakes

Synonyms

破罐破摔 (pò guàn pò shuāi)

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