大是大非

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	be; yes; this	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (大是大非)		大	是	大	非
simp. #(大是大非)		大	是	大	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshìdàfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ si⁶ daai⁶ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshìdàfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìhdàfei
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih⁴-ta⁴-fei¹
    • Yale: dà-shr̀-dà-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyhdahfei
    • Palladius: дашидафэй (dašidafɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ si⁶ daai⁶ fei¹
    • Yale: daaih sih daaih fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ si⁶ daai⁶ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xi⁶ dai⁶ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siː²² taːi̯²² fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

大是大非

1. major issues of principle; cardinal questions of right and wrong