吃棗藥丸

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	jujube	pill; tablet
trad. (吃棗藥丸)		吃	棗	藥丸
simp. (吃枣药丸)		吃	枣	药丸

Etymology

Pun on 遲早要完/迟早要完 (chízǎo yào wán).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīzǎoyàowán

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīzǎoyàowán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihzǎoyàowán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-tsao³-yao⁴-wan²
  - Yale: chr̄-dzǎu-yàu-wán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chytzaoyawwan
  - Palladius: чицзаояовань (čiczaojaovanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/

Phrase

吃棗藥丸

(neologism, slang) to be doomed one way or another

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