畏縮不前

Chinese

		to cower; to flinch; to recoil	not; no	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (畏縮不前)		畏縮	不	前
simp. (畏缩不前)		畏缩	不	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèisuōbùqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ suk¹ bat¹ cin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèisuōbùqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèisuobùcián
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-so¹-pu⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: wèi-swō-bù-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weysuobuchyan
    • Palladius: вэйсобуцянь (vɛjsobucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ su̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³ suk¹ bat¹ cin⁴
    • Yale: wai sūk bāt chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ suk⁷ bat⁷ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ sug¹ bed¹ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ sʊk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Idiom

畏縮不前

1. to hesitate to press forward; to recoil in fear

   • 而不要滿足於已得的勝利，輕視敵人，放鬆對於敵人的進攻，或者畏縮不前，坐失消滅敵人的時機，招致革命的失敗。 [MSC, trad.]
     而不要满足于已得的胜利，轻视敌人，放松对于敌人的进攻，或者畏缩不前，坐失消灭敌人的时机，招致革命的失败。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Ér bùyào mǎnzú yú yǐ dé de shènglì, qīngshì dírén, fàngsōng duìyú dírén de jìngōng, huòzhě wèisuōbùqián, zuòshī xiāomiè dírén de shíjī, zhāozhì gémìng de shībài. [Pinyin]

     And [the masses] must not rest content with the victories already won, underestimate the enemy, slacken their attacks or hesitate to press forward, and so let slip the opportunity of destroying the enemy, bringing failure to the revolution.