臨難苟免

See also: 临难苟免

Chinese

		to be faced with disaster	to do anything necessary in order to stay alive; to be willing to humiliate oneself in order to survive
trad. (臨難苟免)		臨難	苟免
simp. (临难苟免)		临难	苟免

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línnàngǒumiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línnàngǒumiǎn [Phonetic: línnàngóumiǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línnàngǒumiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-nan⁴-kou³-mien³
  - Yale: lín-nàn-gǒu-myǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnanngooumean
  - Palladius: линьнаньгоумянь (linʹnanʹgoumjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ nän⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

臨難苟免

to live in defeat and humiliation when faced with disaster

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