"無毒不丈夫" meaning in Chinese

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Proverb

IPA: /u³⁵ tu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /u³⁵ tu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/, /mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wúdú bù zhàngfū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ duk⁶ bat¹ zoeng⁶ fu¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wúdú bù zhàngfū [Phonetic:wúdú bú zhàngfū] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wúdú bù jhàngfu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu²-tu² pu⁴ chang⁴-fu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wú-dú bù jàng-fū [Mandarin, Yale], wudwu bu janqfu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], уду бу чжанфу [Mandarin, Palladius], udu bu čžanfu [Mandarin, Palladius], mòuh duhk bāt jeuhng fū [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ duk⁹ bat⁷ dzoeng⁶ fu¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ dug⁶ bed¹ zêng⁶ fu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Unknown. Attested since the Yuan Dynasty. Sometimes believed to be a corruption of 無度不丈夫 (“A great man should be able to forgive”), but this is likely a folk etymology. Etymology templates: {{unk|zh}} Unknown, {{zh-l|無度不丈夫|A great man should be able to forgive}} 無度不丈夫 (“A great man should be able to forgive”) Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 無毒不丈夫
  1. A great man will not refuse to do something vicious, cruel or immoral when it is necessary. Wikipedia link: Yuan Dynasty

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        "Pinyin"
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      "ipa": "/u³⁵ tu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/"
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