概莫能外

Chinese

		general; approximate	do not; there is none who	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (概莫能外)		概	莫	能	外
simp. ^#(概莫能外)		概	莫	能	外

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàimònéngwài

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): koi³ mok⁶ nang⁴ ngoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàimònéngwài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàimònéngwài
  - Wade–Giles: kai⁴-mo⁴-nêng²-wai⁴
  - Yale: gài-mwò-néng-wài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaymohnengway
  - Palladius: гаймонэнвай (gajmonɛnvaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: koi³ mok⁶ nang⁴ ngoi⁶
  - Yale: koi mohk nàhng ngoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koi³ mok⁹ nang⁴ ngoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: koi³ mog⁶ neng⁴ ngoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːi̯³³ mɔːk̚² nɐŋ²¹ ŋɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

概莫能外

to be no exception; to admit of no exception whatsoever
- 這是共通的道理，古今中外，概莫能外。 [MSC, trad.]
  这是共通的道理，古今中外，概莫能外。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《矛盾論》 (On Contradiction), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zhè shì gòngtōng de dàolǐ, gǔjīnzhōngwài, gàimònéngwài. [Pinyin]
  This is a universal truth for all times and all countries, which admits of no exception.

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