罪大滔天

Chinese

	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	billowing; huge; severe billowing; huge; severe; great; heinous
trad. (罪大滔天)	罪	大	滔天
simp. ^#(罪大滔天)	罪	大	滔天
anagram	滔天大罪

Etymology

“Sony”

From the wrong translation of the line in the 1992 film Royal Tramp:

索尼罪大滔天，搞到百姓怨聲載道。 [Cantonese, trad.]

索尼罪大滔天，搞到百姓怨声载道。 [Cantonese, simp.]

sok³ nei⁴ zeoi⁶ daai⁶ tou¹ tin¹, gaau² dou³ baak³ sing³ jyun³ sing¹ zoi³ dou⁶. [Jyutping]

Sonin has committed so many crimes that he caused public discontent.

Here 索尼 (Suǒní) refers to the Qing historical figure Sonin, but the filmmaker mistranslated the line as “Sony is guilty, he makes our people angry” in the English subtitles.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuìdàtāotiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ daai⁶ tou¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuìdàtāotiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuèidàtaotian
  - Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-ta⁴-tʻao¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: dzwèi-dà-tāu-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueydahtautian
  - Palladius: цзуйдатаотянь (czujdataotjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi⁶ daai⁶ tou¹ tin¹
  - Yale: jeuih daaih tōu tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ daai⁶ tou¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ dai⁶ tou¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² taːi̯²² tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

罪大滔天

to have committed a grave sin and be evil to the extreme

Synonyms

罪大惡極 / 罪大恶极 (zuìdà'èjí)

Proper noun

罪大滔天

(slang, humorous or derogatory) Sony

Synonyms

罪大