萬劫不復

Chinese

		eternity	not; no	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
trad. (萬劫不復)		萬劫	不	復
simp. (万劫不复)		万劫	不	复

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànjiébùfù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ gip³ bat¹ fuk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-kiap-put-ho̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànjiébùfù [Phonetic: wànjiébúfù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànjiébùfù
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chieh²-pu⁴-fu⁴
  - Yale: wàn-jyé-bù-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjyebufuh
  - Palladius: ваньцзебуфу (vanʹczebufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ gip³ bat¹ fuk⁶
  - Yale: maahn gip bāt fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ gip⁸ bat⁷ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ gib³ bed¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² kiːp̚³ pɐt̚⁵ fʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-kiap-put-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bān-kiap-put-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnkiapputhok
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ kiap̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ kiap̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

Idiom

萬劫不復

to be doomed eternally; to be beyond redemption; to be never able to recover
萬劫不復的深淵／万劫不复的深渊 ― wànjiébùfù de shēnyuān ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1933, Lu Xun, “漫與”, in 南腔北調集, 同文書店, published 1934, page 198:
  
  如果從奴隸生活中尋出「美」來，讚歎，撫摩，陶醉，那可簡直是萬劫不復的奴才了！ [MSC, trad.]
  如果从奴隶生活中寻出「美」来，赞叹，抚摩，陶醉，那可简直是万劫不复的奴才了！ [MSC, simp.]
  Rúguǒ cóng núlì shēnghuó zhōng xún chū “měi” lái, zàntàn, fǔmó, táozuì, nà kě jiǎnzhí shì wànjiébùfù de núcái le! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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