牢不可破

牢不可破

1. (usually of abstract things) unbreakable; indestructible

   • 大官臆決唱聲，萬口和附，并為一談，牢不可破。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大官臆决唱声，万口和附，并为一谈，牢不可破。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 唐．韓愈《平淮西碑》

     Dàguān yì jué chàngshēng, wàn kǒu hé fù, bìng wèi yī tán, láobùkěpò.

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   • 因五河人有個牢不可破的見識，總說但凡是個舉人、進士，就和知州、知縣是一個人。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     因五河人有个牢不可破的见识，总说但凡是个举人、进士，就和知州、知县是一个人。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Yīn Wǔhé rén yǒu ge láobùkěpò de jiànshí, zǒng shuō dànfán shì ge jǔrén, jìnshì, jiù hé zhīzhōu, zhīxiàn shì yīge rén.

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   • 2024 August 6, Mujib Mashal, “她認為自己的統治牢不可破，孟加拉人民證明並非如此 [She Thought Her Grip Was Unbreakable. Bangladeshis Would Prove Otherwise.]”, in The New York Times‎:

     就在哈西娜倉促下台的數月前，她連續第四次獲得了五年任期，並認為自己對權力的控制牢不可破。 [MSC, trad.]
     就在哈西娜仓促下台的数月前，她连续第四次获得了五年任期，并认为自己对权力的控制牢不可破。 [MSC, simp.]

     Jiù zài Hāxīnà cāngcù xiàtái de shùyuè qián, tā liánxù dìsìcì huòdé le wǔ nián rènqī, bìng rènwèi zìjǐ duì quánlì de kòngzhì láobùkěpò.

     Ms. Hasina’s hasty exit comes just months after she had secured a fourth consecutive five-year term in office and thought her grip on power was unbreakable.

• “Entry #59925”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.