滅此朝食

Chinese

		extinguish	this; these	to breakfast; to have breakfast; breakfast
trad. (滅此朝食)		滅	此	朝食
simp. (灭此朝食)		灭	此	朝食
Literally: “to not have breakfast before the enemy is wiped out”.

Etymology

From 《左傳·成公二年》: 余姑翦滅此而朝食.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miècǐzhāoshí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄘˇ ㄓㄠㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ ci² ziu¹ sik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miècǐzhāoshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄘˇ ㄓㄠㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miècǐhjhaoshíh
  - Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-tzʻŭ³-chao¹-shih²
  - Yale: myè-tsž-jāu-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehtsyyjaushyr
  - Palladius: мецычжаоши (mecyčžaoši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mit⁶ ci² ziu¹ sik⁶
  - Yale: miht chí jīu sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ tsi² dziu¹ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ qi² jiu¹ xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

滅此朝食

(figuratively) to be resolute to annihilate the enemy

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