法不責眾

Chinese

		law	not; no	to blame	crowd
trad. (法不責眾/法不責衆)		法	不	責	眾/衆
simp. (法不责众)		法	不	责	众

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎbùzézhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ bat¹ zaak³ zung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎbùzézhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎbùzéjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-pu⁴-tsê²-chung⁴
    • Yale: fǎ-bù-dzé-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faabutzerjonq
    • Palladius: фабуцзэчжун (fabuczɛčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ bat¹ zaak³ zung³
    • Yale: faat bāt jaak jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ bat⁷ dzaak⁸ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ bed¹ zag³ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/

Idiom

法不責眾

1. a law is violated by a lot of people and is thus left unenforced instead