怨天尤人

Chinese

	blame; complain	day; sky; heaven	outstanding; particularly; especially	man; person; people
trad. (怨天尤人)	怨	天	尤	人
simp. ^#(怨天尤人)	怨	天	尤	人
Literally: “to blame the gods and accuse others”.

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 14 (《論語·憲問》):

子曰：「不怨天，不尤人，下學而上達，知我者，其天乎！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

子曰：“不怨天，不尤人，下学而上达，知我者，其天乎！” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Bù yuàn tiān, bù yóu rén, xià xué ér shàng dá, zhī wǒ zhě, qí tiān hū!” [Pinyin]

The Master replied, "I do not murmur against Heaven. I do not grumble against men. My studies lie low, and my penetration rises high. But there is Heaven - that knows me!"

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuàntiān-yóurén

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun³ tin¹ jau⁴ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-thiên-yù-ngìn / yan-thiên-yù-ngìn
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): oàn-thiⁿ-iû-jîn / oàn-thiⁿ-iû-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuàntiān-yóurén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuàntianyóurén
  - Wade–Giles: yüan⁴-tʻien¹-yu²-jên²
  - Yale: ywàn-tyān-yóu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanntianyouren
  - Palladius: юаньтяньюжэнь (juanʹtjanʹjužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun³ tin¹ jau⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: yun tīn yàuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn³ tin¹ jau⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun³ tin¹ yeo⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-thiên-yù-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien tien´ iuˇ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ tian¹ yiu² ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ tʰi̯en²⁴ i̯u¹¹ ɲin¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-thiên-yù-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian tien´ (r)iuˇ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ tian¹ yiu² ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ tʰi̯en²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oàn-thiⁿ-iû-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: uàn-thinn-iû-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oarntvi'iujiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ iu²³⁻³³ ʑin²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oàn-thiⁿ-iû-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: uàn-thinn-iû-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oarntvi'iuliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴ iu²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/

Idiom

怨天尤人

to blame god and man; to blame everyone and everything but oneself

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