沒齒難忘

Chinese

		to end; to finish	age; life	unforgettable
trad. (沒齒難忘)		沒	齒	難忘
simp. (没齿难忘)		没	齿	难忘
Literally: “never to be forgotten till death”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòchǐnánwàng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄔˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ ci² naan⁴ mong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòchǐnánwàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄔˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòchǐhnánwàng
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-chʻih³-nan²-wang⁴
  - Yale: mwò-chř-nán-wàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohchyynanwanq
  - Palladius: мочинаньван (močinanʹvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut⁶ ci² naan⁴ mong⁴
  - Yale: muht chí nàahn mòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ tsi² naan⁴ mong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ qi² nan⁴ mong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² t͡sʰiː³⁵ naːn²¹ mɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

沒齒難忘

memorable for the rest of one's life (usually for describing someone else's mercy or kind deed)
您的救命之恩，我沒齒難忘。 [MSC, trad.]
您的救命之恩，我没齿难忘。 [MSC, simp.]
Nín de jiùmìng zhī ēn, wǒ mòchǐnánwàng. [Pinyin]
I shall never forget that you have saved my life.

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