惡人先告狀

See also: 恶人先告状

Chinese

		bad person; vile creature; villain	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to complain to one's parents or superiors; to file a lawsuit; to sue
trad. (惡人先告狀)		惡人	先	告狀
simp. (恶人先告状)		恶人	先	告状

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrén xiān gàozhuàng

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢㄍㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ jan⁴ sin¹ gou³ zong^6-2
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷oq-gnin ¹shi ⁵kau ⁶zaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrén xiān gàozhuàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢㄍㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrén sian gàojhuàng
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴-jên² hsien¹ kao⁴-chuang⁴
  - Yale: è-rén syān gàu-jwàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehren shian gawjuanq
  - Palladius: эжэнь сянь гаочжуан (ežɛnʹ sjanʹ gaočžuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ok³ jan⁴ sin¹ gou³ zong^6-2
  - Yale: ok yàhn sīn gou jóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ jan⁴ sin¹ gou³ dzong^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: og³ yen⁴ xin¹ gou³ zong^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ jɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵ kou̯³³ t͡sɔːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷oq-gnin ¹shi ⁵kau ⁶zaon
  - MiniDict: oh^入 nyin shi^平 kau^去 zaon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq-nyin ¹xi ²kau ³zaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ³³ n̠ʲin³³ ɕi⁴⁴ kɔ⁴⁴ zɑ̃²³/

Idiom

惡人先告狀

the bad guy is the first to sling accusations
the guilty party filing a suit first, to pre-empt action by the victim

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