不共戴天

Chinese

		not; no	all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total	to put on; to respect; to bear to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves)	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (不共戴天)		不	共	戴	天

Etymology

父之讎，弗與共戴天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

父之仇，弗与共戴天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, circa 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

Fù zhī chóu, fú yǔ gòng dài tiān. [Pinyin]

With the enemy who has slain his father, one should not live under the same heaven.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùgòngdàitiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gung⁶ daai³ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùgòngdàitiān [Phonetic: búgòngdàitiān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugonqdaytian
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùgòngdàitian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹ tʰjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gung⁶ daai³ tin¹
  - Yale: bāt guhng daai tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gung⁶ daai³ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gung⁶ dai³ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʊŋ²² täːi̯³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

不共戴天

to swear not to live under the same sky (with one's enemy)
to be absolutely irreconcilable

Derived terms

不共戴天之仇

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