來者不拒

See also: 来者不拒

Chinese

		what comes	not; no	to resist; to repel; to refuse
trad. (來者不拒)		來者	不	拒
simp. (来者不拒)		来者	不	拒

Etymology

From Mencius (《孟子·盡心下》):

夫子之設科也，往者不追，來者不拒。苟以是心至，斯受之而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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夫子之设科也，往者不追，来者不拒。苟以是心至，斯受之而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fūzǐ zhī shè kē yě, wǎngzhě bù zhuī, láizhě bù jù. Gǒu yǐ shì xīn zhì, sī shòu zhī ér yǐ yǐ. [Pinyin]

But you, Master, having arranged to give lessons, do not go back to inquire into the past, and you do not reject those who come to you. If they come with the mind to learn, you receive them without any more ado.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láizhěbùjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ ze² bat¹ keoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láizhěbùjù [Phonetic: láizhěbújù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láijhěbùjyù
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-chê³-pu⁴-chü⁴
    • Yale: lái-jě-bù-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laijeebujiuh
    • Palladius: лайчжэбуцзюй (lajčžɛbuczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ ze² bat¹ keoi⁵
    • Yale: lòih jé bāt kéuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ dze² bat⁷ koey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ zé² bed¹ kêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

來者不拒

1. to refuse nobody; to accept all requests