勿謂言之不預

Chinese

		do not	speak of	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	's; him/her/it; this	not; no	to advance; in advance; beforehand to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare
trad. (勿謂言之不預)		勿	謂	言	之	不	預
simp. (勿谓言之不预)		勿	谓	言	之	不	预

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wù wèi yán zhī bù yù

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wù wèi yán zhī bù yù [Phonetic: wù wèi yán zhī bú yù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh wey yan jy bu yiw
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹/

Idiom

勿謂言之不預

Don't say you haven't been forewarned.
- 倘有不法之徒，膽敢陰謀搗亂，本府本處言出法隨，勿謂言之不預。 [MSC, trad.]
  倘有不法之徒，胆敢阴谋捣乱，本府本处言出法随，勿谓言之不预。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《陜甘寧邊區政府、第八路軍後方留守處佈告》 (Proclamation by the Government of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region and the Rear Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition
  Tǎng yǒu bùfǎzhītú, dǎngǎn yīnmóu dǎoluàn, běn fǔ běn chù yánchūfǎsuí, wù wèi yánzhībùyù. [Pinyin]
  Henceforward, should any lawless person dare to plot disruption, the Border Region Government and the Rear Headquarters will enforce these regulations to the letter and will accept no plea of ignorance.

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