一不做，二不休

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	not; no	to do; to make; to produce		two	not; no	to rest
simp. and trad. (一不做，二不休)		一	不	做	，	二	不	休
Literally: “[The] first [option] [is] not to do, [the] second [option] [is] not to rest.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ, ㄦˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bat¹ zou⁶, ji⁶ bat¹ jau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū [Phonetic: yī bú zuò, èr bù xiū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ, ㄦˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i bu tzuoh, ell bu shiou
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ bat¹ zou⁶, ji⁶ bat¹ jau¹
  - Yale: yāt bāt jouh, yih bāt yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bat⁷ dzou⁶, ji⁶ bat⁷ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bed¹ zou⁶, yi⁶ bed¹ yeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sou̯²² jiː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

一不做，二不休

to carry the thing through, whatever the consequences; in for a penny, in for a pound

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