怨聲載道

See also: 怨声载道

Chinese

		wail; lament; voice of complaint	to carry; to convey; to load to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; and; also; as well as; simultaneously; year	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (怨聲載道)		怨聲	載	道
simp. (怨声载道)		怨声	载	道
Literally: “cries of complaint fill the roads”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuànshēngzàidào

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄥㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun³ sing¹ zoi³ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-sâng-chai-tho / yan-sâng-chai-tho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuànshēngzàidào
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄥㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuannshengtzaydaw
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun³ sing¹ zoi³ dou⁶
  - Yale: yun sīng joi douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn³ sing¹ dzoi³ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun³ xing¹ zoi³ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːy̯³³ tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-sâng-chai-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien sang´ zai to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ sang¹ zai⁴ to⁴
  - IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-sâng-chai-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian sang´ zai to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ sang¹ zai⁴ to⁴
  - IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/

Idiom

怨聲載道

public discontent is everywhere; discontent is publicly voiced; complaints rise all around
- 變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？ [MSC, trad.]
  变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
  Biànfǎ biàndé rénxīn huánghuáng, yuànshēngzǎidào. Jūrán hái zhǎo rìběnrén dāng gùwèn. Zhè bùshì yǐnlángrùshì, qǐngguǐláikāiyàofāng ne? [Pinyin]
  The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?

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