行若無事

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	to have no further business; to have nothing further to discuss
trad. (行若無事)		行	若	無事
simp. (行若无事)		行	若	无事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngruòwúshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngruòwúshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngruòwúshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-jo⁴-wu²-shih⁴
    • Yale: syíng-rwò-wú-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngruohwushyh
    • Palladius: синжо’уши (sinžo’uši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Idiom

行若無事

1. to behave as if nothing had happened

   • 聽了不正確的議論也不爭辯，甚至聽了反革命分子的話也不報告，泰然處之，行若無事。 [MSC, trad.]
     听了不正确的议论也不争辩，甚至听了反革命分子的话也不报告，泰然处之，行若无事。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對自由主義》 (Combat Liberalism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tīng le bù zhèngquè de yìlùn yě bù zhēngbiàn, shènzhì tīng le fǎngémìng fènzǐ de huà yě bù bàogào, tàiránchǔzhī, xíngruòwúshì. [Pinyin]

     To hear incorrect views without rebutting them and even to hear counter-revolutionary remarks without reporting them, but instead to take them calmly as if nothing had happened.