不得善終

Chinese

		to not get	good end
trad. (不得善終)		不得	善終
simp. (不得善终)		不得	善终

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdéshànzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ sin⁶ zung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùdéshànzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budershannjong
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ʂa̠n⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ sin⁶ zung¹
  - Yale: bāt dāk sihn jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ sin⁶ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ deg¹ xin⁶ zung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ siːn²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

不得善終

(literary) to die a miserable death
(literary, figuratively) to meet with a tragic end; to be done in; to not have a favorable outcome

Synonyms

不得好死 (bùdéhǎosǐ)

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