物極必反

See also: 物极必反

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	wrong side out or up; anti-
trad. (物極必反)		物	極	必	反
simp. (物极必反)		物	极	必	反

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùjíbìfǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ gik⁶ bit¹ faan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùjíbìfǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùjíbìfǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-chi²-pi⁴-fan³
    • Yale: wù-jí-bì-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjyibihfaan
    • Palladius: уцзибифань (uczibifanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ pi⁵¹ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ gik⁶ bit¹ faan²
    • Yale: maht gihk bīt fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ gik⁹ bit⁷ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ gig⁶ bid¹ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² kɪk̚² piːt̚⁵ faːn³⁵/

Idiom

物極必反

1. A thing turns into its opposite if pushed too far; Once a certain limit is reached, a change in the opposite direction is inevitable.

   不要總是批評學生，否則，物極必反。 [MSC, trad.]
   不要总是批评学生，否则，物极必反。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùyào zǒngshì pīpíng xuéshēng, fǒuzé, wùjíbìfǎn. [Pinyin]

   Don't criticize the students or it may backfire on you.