風雨如晦，雞鳴不已

Chinese

		bad times with no end in sight		to crow	not; no	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
trad. (風雨如晦，雞鳴不已)		風雨如晦	，	雞鳴	不	已
simp. (风雨如晦，鸡鸣不已)		风雨如晦	，	鸡鸣	不	已

Etymology

From Shijing.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngyǔ rú huì, jīmíng bù yǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄐㄧㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ jyu⁵ jyu⁴ fui³, gai¹ ming⁴ bat¹ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyǔ rú huì, jīmíng bù yǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄐㄧㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongyǔ rú huèi, jimíng bù yǐ
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-yü³ ju² hui⁴- chi¹-ming² pu⁴ i³
  - Yale: fēng-yǔ rú hwèi-, jī-míng bù yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengyeu ru huey, jiming bu yii
  - Palladius: фэнъюй жу хуэй, цзимин бу и (fɛnʺjuj žu xuej, czimin bu i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu³⁵ xweɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ jyu⁵ jyu⁴ fui³, gai¹ ming⁴ bat¹ ji⁵
  - Yale: fūng yúh yùh fui, gāi mìhng bāt yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ jy⁵ jy⁴ fui³, gai¹ ming⁴ bat⁷ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ yu⁵ yu⁴ fui³, gei¹ ming⁴ bed¹ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³ jyː²¹ fuːi̯³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː¹³/

Proverb

風雨如晦，雞鳴不已

a gentleman acts in a principled manner even in the darkest of times

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