逼上梁山

Chinese

		force; compel; drive force; compel; drive; press for; extort; press on towards; press up to; close in on; close	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	beam of roof; bridge	mountain; hill
trad. (逼上梁山)		逼	上	梁	山
simp. ^#(逼上梁山)		逼	上	梁	山

Etymology

From the famous Chinese novel Water Margin.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīshàngliángshān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ soeng⁵ loeng⁴ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīshàngliángshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bishàngliángshan
  - Wade–Giles: pi¹-shang⁴-liang²-shan¹
  - Yale: bī-shàng-lyáng-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bishanqliangshan
  - Palladius: бишанляншань (bišanljanšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ soeng⁵ loeng⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: bīk séuhng lèuhng sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ soeng⁵ loeng⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ sêng⁵ lêng⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³ lœːŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

逼上梁山

to be forced to revolt
to be forced by circumstances to do something (often something one does not wish to or should not do)

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