離心離德

Chinese

		to be at odds with the community or the leadership; to not be of the same mind
trad. (離心離德)		離心	離德
simp. (离心离德)		离心	离德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líxīnlídé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˊ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ sam¹ lei⁴ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líxīnlídé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˊ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lísinlídé
    • Wade–Giles: li²-hsin¹-li²-tê²
    • Yale: lí-syīn-lí-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lishinlider
    • Palladius: лисиньлидэ (lisinʹlidɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ li³⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ sam¹ lei⁴ dak¹
    • Yale: lèih sām lèih dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ sam¹ lei⁴ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ sem¹ léi⁴ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ lei̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lje|ljeH sim lje|ljeH tok

Rime
Character	離	離	心	德
Reading #	1/3	2/3	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	心 (16)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	侵 (139)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	I
Fanqie	呂支切	力智切	息林切	多則切
Baxter	lje	ljeH	sim	tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/	/liᴇH/	/siɪm/	/tək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/	/liɛH/	/sim/	/tək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/	/ljɛH/	/sjem/	/tək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/	/liə̆H/	/sim/	/tək̚/
Li Rong	/lie/	/lieH/	/siəm/	/tək̚/
Wang Li	/lǐe/	/lǐeH/	/sĭĕm/	/tək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯/	/lie̯H/	/si̯əm/	/tək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	lì	xīn	de
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4	lei6	sam1	dak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aj|raj-s  səm  [r]aj|raj-s  tˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rel|rels  slɯm  rel|rels  tɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	離	離	離	心	德
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lí	lí	lì	xīn	dé
Middle Chinese	‹ lje ›	‹ lje ›	‹ ljeH ›	‹ sim ›	‹ tok ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aj/	/*[r]aj/	/*raj-s/	/*səm/	/*tˁək/
English	meet with, encounter	depart from	reject	heart	virtue
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	離	離	心	德
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/1	1/1
No.	7780	7794	13801	17266
Phonetic component	离	离	心	直
Rime group	歌	歌	侵	職
Rime subdivision	2	2	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	離	詈	心	德
Old Chinese	/*rel/	/*rels/	/*slɯm/	/*tɯːɡ/
Notes	甲文象隹入網羅， 離反爲省文

Idiom

離心離德

1. divided in heart and practice

   • 受有億兆夷人，離心離德。予有亂臣十人，同心同德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     受有亿兆夷人，离心离德。予有乱臣十人，同心同德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shòu yǒu yìzhào yírén, líxīnlídé. Yǔ yǒu luànchén shí rén, tóngxīntóngdé. [Pinyin]

     Shou has hundreds of thousands and millions of ordinary men, divided in heart and, divided in practice; I have of ministers, able to govern, ten men, one in heart and one in practice.

   • 按照政治標準來說，一切利於抗日和團結的，鼓勵群眾同心同德的，反對倒退、促成進步的東西，便都是好的；而一切不利於抗日和團結的，鼓動群眾離心離德的，反對進步、拉著人們倒退的東西，便都是壞的。 [MSC, trad.]
     按照政治标准来说，一切利于抗日和团结的，鼓励群众同心同德的，反对倒退、促成进步的东西，便都是好的；而一切不利于抗日和团结的，鼓动群众离心离德的，反对进步、拉着人们倒退的东西，便都是坏的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Ànzhào zhèngzhì biāozhǔn lái shuō, yīqiè lìyú kàngrì hé tuánjié de, gǔlì qúnzhòng tóngxīntóngdé de, fǎnduì dàotuì, cùchéng jìnbù de dōngxi, biàn dōu shì hǎo de; ér yīqiè bù lìyú kàngrì hé tuánjié de, gǔdòng qúnzhòng líxīnlídé de, fǎnduì jìnbù, lāzhe rénmen dàotuì de dōngxi, biàn dōu shì huài de. [Pinyin]

     According to the political criterion, everything is good that is helpful to unity and resistance to Japan, that encourages the masses to be of one heart and one mind, that opposes retrogression and promotes progress; on the other hand, everything is bad that is detrimental to unity and resistance to Japan, foments dissension and discord among the masses and opposes progress and drags people back.

Antonyms

• 同心同德 (tóngxīntóngdé)