土豪劣紳

Chinese

		local tyrant	evil gentry
trad. (土豪劣紳)		土豪	劣紳
simp. (土豪劣绅)		土豪	劣绅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔháo lièshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² hou⁴ lyut³ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǔháo lièshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǔháo lièshen
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu³-hao² lieh⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: tǔ-háu lyè-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuhaur liehshen
  - Palladius: тухао лешэнь (tuxao lešɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² hou⁴ lyut³ san¹
  - Yale: tóu hòuh lyut sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² hou⁴ lyt⁸ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² hou⁴ lüd³ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ hou̯²¹ lyːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

土豪劣紳

local tyrants and evil gentry
- 他們有點罵人了，罵洋人叫「洋鬼子」，罵軍閥叫「搶錢司令」，罵土豪劣紳叫「為富不仁」。 [MSC, trad.]
  他们有点骂人了，骂洋人叫「洋鬼子」，骂军阀叫「抢钱司令」，骂土豪劣绅叫「为富不仁」。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1925, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國社會各階級的分析》 (Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Tāmen yǒudiǎn màrén le, mà yángrén jiào “yángguǐzi”, mà jūnfá jiào “qiǎngqián sīlìng”, mà tǔháo lièshēn jiào “wéifùbùrén”. [Pinyin]
  They become rather abusive, denouncing the foreigners as “foreign devils”, the warlords as “robber generals” and the local tyrants and evil gentry as “the heartless rich”.

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