匕鬯不驚

Chinese

		sacrificial offerings at the ancestrial halls	not; no	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (匕鬯不驚)		匕鬯	不	驚
simp. (匕鬯不惊)		匕鬯	不	惊

Etymology

From the I Ching, originally meaning that sacrificial offerings are not disturbed.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐchàngbùjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐchàngbùjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐchàngbùjing
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-chʻang⁴-pu⁴-ching¹
  - Yale: bǐ-chàng-bù-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biichanqbujing
  - Palladius: бичанбуцзин (bičanbuczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

匕鬯不驚

(of an army) well-disciplined and not injuring the people in the least

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