決一死戰

See also: 决一死战

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to fight to the death; to have a life-and-death fight
trad. (決一死戰)		決	一	死戰
simp. (决一死战)		决	一	死战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéyīsǐzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄧ ㄙˇ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ jat¹ sei² zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéyīsǐzhàn [Phonetic: juéyìsǐzhàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄧ ㄙˇ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéyisǐhjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-i¹-ssŭ³-chan⁴
    • Yale: jywé-yī-sž-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueisyyjann
    • Palladius: цзюэисычжань (czjueisyčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ jat¹ sei² zin³
    • Yale: kyut yāt séi jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ jat⁷ sei² dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ yed¹ séi² jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ jɐt̚⁵ sei̯³⁵ t͡siːn³³/

Idiom

決一死戰

1. to wage a life-and-death battle

   • 欲達此目的，便須決一死戰，便須準備著一切犧牲，堅持到底，不達目的，決不停止。 [MSC, trad.]
     欲达此目的，便须决一死战，便须准备着一切牺牲，坚持到底，不达目的，决不停止。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yù dá cǐ mùdì, biàn xū juéyīsǐzhàn, biàn xū zhǔnbèi zhe yīqiè xīshēng, jiānchí dàodǐ, bù dá mùdì, jué bù tíngzhǐ. [Pinyin]

     To achieve this aim we must wage a life-and-death struggle, be prepared for any sacrifice, persevere to the end and never stop short of the goal.