痛不欲生

Chinese

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|- ! !ache; pain; sorrow !not; no

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desire; longing; appetite; wish

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to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw

|- !simp. and trad.
(痛不欲生) | 痛 | 不 | 欲 | 生 |}

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tòngbùyùshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ bat¹ juk⁶ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tòngbùyùshēng [Phonetic: tòngbúyùshēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqbu4yiwsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung³ bat¹ juk⁶ sang¹
  - Yale: tung bāt yuhk sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ bat⁷ juk⁹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung³ bed¹ yug⁶ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ jʊk̚² sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

痛不欲生

to be overwhelmed with grief to the extent that one can not go on living

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