如入無人之境

See also: 如入无人之境

Chinese

		as (if); such as	to enter	a place that is devoid of people; no man's land
trad. (如入無人之境)		如	入	無人之境
simp. (如入无人之境)		如	入	无人之境
Literally: “like entering a place devoid of people”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rú rù wúrénzhījìng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄐㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rú rù wúrénzhījìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rú rù wúrénjhihjìng
  - Wade–Giles: ju² ju⁴ wu²-jên²-chih¹-ching⁴
  - Yale: rú rù wú-rén-jr̄-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru ruh wurenjyjinq
  - Palladius: жу жу ужэньчжицзин (žu žu užɛnʹčžiczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ u³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

如入無人之境

to fight without fear (as if the enemy were nowhere in sight) and be undefeatable
- 匡軍大敗，四散奔走。布東西衝殺，如入無人之境。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  匡军大败，四散奔走。布东西冲杀，如入无人之境。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Kuāng jūn dàbài, sìsàn bēnzǒu. Bù dōngxī chōngshā, rúrùwúrénzhījìng. [Pinyin]
  Kuang's army was soundly defeated, and scattered in all four directions. Bu rode back and forth, killing everyone in his path, as if they were not even there.
- 她卻是大無畏的，對於這些全不關心，只是鎮靜地緩緩前行，坦然如入無人之境。 [MSC, trad.]
  她却是大无畏的，对于这些全不关心，只是镇静地缓缓前行，坦然如入无人之境。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1925 October 21, Lu Xun（魯迅）, Regret For the Past（《傷逝》）, translated by Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang
  Tā quèshì dàwúwèi de, duìyú zhèxiē quán bù guānxīn, zhǐshì zhènjìngde huǎnhuǎn qiánxíng, tǎnrán rúrùwúrénzhījìng. [Pinyin]
  She, however, was completely fearless and impervious to all this. She continued slowly and calmly on her way, as if there were no one in sight.