一物降一物

Chinese

		one thing; one object	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	one thing; one object
simp. and trad. (一物降一物)		一物	降	一物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīwùxiángyīwù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ mat⁶ hong⁴ jat¹ mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīwùxiángyīwù [Phonetic: yíwùxiángyíwù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwuhshyangiwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ mat⁶ hong⁴ jat¹ mat⁶
  - Yale: yāt maht hòhng yāt maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ mat⁹ hong⁴ jat⁷ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ med⁶ hong⁴ yed¹ med⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚² hɔːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚²/

Idiom

一物降一物

there is always one thing to conquer another; everything has its vanquisher

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