毀譽參半

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Chinese

		to praise or blame; to damage one's reputation	to be fifty-fifty
trad. (毀譽參半)		毀譽	參半
simp. (毁誉参半)		毁誉	参半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǐyùcānbàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˋ ㄘㄢㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² jyu⁶ caam¹ bun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): húi-ū-chham-poàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǐyùcānbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˋ ㄘㄢㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huěiyùcanbàn
  - Wade–Giles: hui³-yü⁴-tsʻan¹-pan⁴
  - Yale: hwěi-yù-tsān-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeiyuhtsanbann
  - Palladius: хуэйюйцаньбань (xuejjujcanʹbanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai² jyu⁶ caam¹ bun³
  - Yale: wái yuh chāam bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² jy⁶ tsaam¹ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² yu⁶ cam¹ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ jyː²² t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ puːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi-ū-chham-poàn
  - Tâi-lô: huí-ū-tsham-puàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huyuxzhampoaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² puan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ u⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰam³³ puan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² puan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ puan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ u³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ puan²¹/

Idiom

毀譽參半

to get both praise and censure; mixed reception
- 委員會對秘書長的報告毀譽參半，它一方面讚賞秘書長所作的努力，另一方面又覺得該報告過於抽象，分析也不充分，使委員會難以就可能進行的重新分配任務的問題提出實際建議。
  委员会对秘书长的报告毁誉参半，它一方面赞赏秘书长所作的努力，另一方面又觉得该报告过于抽象，分析也不充分，使委员会难以就可能进行的重新分配任务的问题提出实际建议。
  From: 1980, United Nations, Report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its 20th session
  Wěiyuánhuì duì mìshūzhǎng de bàogào huǐyùcānbàn, tā yīfāngmiàn zànshǎng mìshūzhǎng suǒ zuò de nǔlì, lìngyīfāngmiàn yòu juéde gāi bàogào guòyú chōuxiàng, fēnxī yě bù chōngfèn, shǐ wěiyuánhuì nányǐ jiù kěnéng jìnxíng de chóngxīn fēnpèi rènwù de wèntí tíchū shíjì jiànyì.
  The Committee's views of the report of the Secretary-General were ambivalent. While appreciating the effort made, the Committee felt that it was too abstract, and not analytical enough to enable the Committee to make practical recommendations on a possible redistribution of tasks.

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