背信棄義

See also: 背信弃义

Chinese

		to break faith; to renege; to have a breach of faith to break faith; to renege; to have a breach of faith; breach of trust	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (背信棄義)		背信	棄	義
simp. (背信弃义)		背信	弃	义

Etymology

From Xunzi and History of the Northern Dynasties.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèixìnqìyì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ seon³ hei³ ji⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèixìnqìyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèisìncìyì
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁴-hsin⁴-chʻi⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: bèi-syìn-chì-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyshinnchihyih
  - Palladius: бэйсиньции (bɛjsinʹcii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bui³ seon³ hei³ ji⁶
  - Yale: bui seun hei yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ soen³ hei³ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bui³ sên³ héi³ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ sɵn³³ hei̯³³ jiː²²/

Idiom

背信棄義

to break the faith and disregard righteousness; to act perfidiously; perfidious, treacherous; treachery, perfidy