一物剋一物

See also: 一物克一物

Chinese

		one thing; one object	subdue	one thing; one object
trad. (一物剋一物)		一物	剋	一物
simp. (一物克一物)		一物	克	一物
Literally: “one thing beats another”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīwù kè yīwù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄧㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ mat⁶ hak¹ jat¹ mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīwù kè yīwù [Phonetic: yíwù kè yíwù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄧㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1wuh keh yi1wuh
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ mat⁶ hak¹ jat¹ mat⁶
  - Yale: yāt maht hāk yāt maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ mat⁹ hak⁷ jat⁷ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ med⁶ heg¹ yed¹ med⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚² hɐk̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚²/

Idiom

一物剋一物

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

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