殺人不眨眼

See also: 杀人不眨眼

Chinese

		to kill someone	not; no	in a blink; to wink; to blink
trad. (殺人不眨眼)		殺人	不	眨眼
simp. (杀人不眨眼)		杀人	不	眨眼
Literally: “to murder without blinking an eye”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shārén bù zhǎyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴ bat¹ zaam² ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shārén bù zhǎyǎn [Phonetic: shārénbùzháyǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sharén bù jhǎyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên² pu⁴ cha³-yen³
  - Yale: shā-rén bù jǎ-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharen bu jaayean
  - Palladius: шажэнь бу чжаянь (šažɛnʹ bu čžajanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴ bat¹ zaam² ngaan⁵
  - Yale: saat yàhn bāt jáam ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴ bat⁷ dzaam² ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴ bed¹ zam² ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːm³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

殺人不眨眼

ruthless; cold-blooded

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 殺人不眨眼 (“to kill without batting an eye; to be ruthless”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		殺人不眨眼
Mandarin	Taiwan	殺人不眨眼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	殺人唔眨眼

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