一物降一物

Chinese

		one thing; one object	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	one thing; one object
trad. (一物降一物)		一物	降	一物
simp. #(一物降一物)		一物	降	一物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwùxiángyīwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄧ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ mat⁶ hong⁴ jat¹ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwùxiángyīwù [Phonetic: yíwùxiángyíwù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄧ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiwùsiángyiwù
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-wu⁴-hsiang²-i¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: yī-wù-syáng-yī-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwuhshyangiwuh
    • Palladius: иусянъиу (iusjanʺiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ mat⁶ hong⁴ jat¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: yāt maht hòhng yāt maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ mat⁹ hong⁴ jat⁷ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ med⁶ hong⁴ yed¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚² hɔːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚²/

Idiom

一物降一物

1. there is always one thing to conquer another; everything has its vanquisher