法不責眾
Chinese
| law | not; no | to blame | crowd | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (法不責眾/法不責衆) | 法 | 不 | 責 | 眾/衆 | |
| simp. (法不责众) | 法 | 不 | 责 | 众 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): fǎbùzézhòng
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faat3 bat1 zaak3 zung3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fǎbùzézhòng
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎbùzéjhòng
- Wade–Giles: fa3-pu4-tsê2-chung4
- Yale: fǎ-bù-dzé-jùng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faabutzerjonq
- Palladius: фабуцзэчжун (fabuczɛčžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faat3 bat1 zaak3 zung3
- Yale: faat bāt jaak jung
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 bat7 dzaak8 dzung3
- Guangdong Romanization: fad3 bed1 zag3 zung3
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
法不責眾
- a law is violated by a lot of people and is thus left unenforced instead