樹不要皮必死無疑，人不要臉天下無敵

Chinese
tree to not want; not going to; will not leather; skin; fur
 
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
to be undoubted; to be beyond doubt; definitely
to be undoubted; to be beyond doubt; definitely; certainly; surely
 man; person; people to be shameless invincible; unbeatable; having no match
trad. (樹不要皮必死無疑，人不要臉天下無敵) 樹 不要 皮 必 死 無疑 ， 人 不要臉 天下無敵
simp. (树不要皮必死无疑，人不要脸天下无敌) 树 不要 皮 必 死 无疑 ， 人 不要脸 天下无敌
Literally: “A tree without bark will die without a doubt; a man unconcerned about saving his face is invincible.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shù bùyào pí bì sǐ wúyí, rén bùyào liǎn tiānxiàwúdí
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: shù bùyào pí bì sǐ wúyí, rén bùyào liǎn tiānxiàwúdí [Phonetic: shù búyào pí bì sǐ wúyí, rén búyào liǎn tiānxiàwúdí]
      • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: shù bùyào pí bì sǐh wúyí, rén bùyào liǎn tiansiàwúdí
      • Wade–Giles: shu4 pu4-yao4 pʻi2 pi4 ssŭ3 wu2-i2, jên2 pu4-yao4 lien3 tʻien1-hsia4-wu2-ti2
      • Yale: shù bù-yàu pí bì sž wú-yí-, rén bù-yàu lyǎn tyān-syà-wú-dí
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh buyaw pyi bih syy wuyi, ren buyaw lean tianshiahwudyi
      • Palladius: шу буяо пи би сы уи, жэнь буяо лянь тяньсяуди (šu bujao pi bi sy ui, žɛnʹ bujao ljanʹ tjanʹsjaudi)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ pi⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i³⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵ ti³⁵/

Proverb

樹不要皮必死無疑，人不要臉天下無敵

  1. (sarcastic) A shameless person is undefeatable and difficult to deal with.

Usage notes

Sometimes only the latter half of this idiom is used.

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