死不瞑目

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to close one's eyes in death; to die content
simp. and trad. (死不瞑目)		死	不	瞑目
Literally: “to die without closing one's eyes”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐbùmíngmù

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶, sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sǐbùmíngmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syybu4mingmuh
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶, sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶
  - Yale: séi bāt mìhng muhk, séi bāt míhng muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² bat⁷ ming⁴ muk⁹, sei² bat⁷ ming⁵ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² bed¹ ming⁴ mug⁶, séi² bed¹ ming⁵ mug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/, /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ¹³ mʊk̚²/

Idiom

死不瞑目

to die with a grievance or regret

Antonyms

死亦瞑目 (sǐyìmíngmù)

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