天無二日

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	not have	two	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (天無二日)		天	無	二	日
simp. (天无二日)		天	无	二	日
Literally: “there are no two suns in the sky”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānwú'èrrì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄨˊ ㄦˋ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānwú'èrrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄨˊ ㄦˋ ㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianwuellryh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianwú'èrrì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ u³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jat⁶
  - Yale: tīn mòuh yih yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ mou⁴ yi⁶ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jiː²² jɐt̚²/

Idiom

天無二日

there cannot be two monarchs or chiefs at the same time

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