大器晚成

See also: 大器晩成

Chinese

		treasure
simp. and trad. (大器晚成)		大器	晚成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàqìwǎnchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hei³ maan⁵ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàqìwǎnchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchihwoanchengr
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ u̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ hei³ maan⁵ sing⁴
  - Yale: daaih hei máahn sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hei³ maan⁵ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ héi³ man⁵ xing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² hei̯³³ mɑːn¹³ sɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

大器晚成

a great talent takes time to mature; in the fullness of time, a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state

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