天馬行空
Chinese
fine horse; mythical horse ridden by the Celestial Emperor to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professionalemptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vaintrad. (天馬行空) 天馬 行 空 simp. (天马行空) 天马 行 空 Literally: “a heavenly steed soaring across the skies”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianmaashyngkong
- IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: tin1 maa5 hang4 hung1
- Yale: tīn máh hàhng hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 maa5 hang4 hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 ma5 heng4 hung1
- IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɑː¹³ hɐŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
天馬行空
- (figuratively, of literary composition, life, etc.) powerful and unrestrained in style; bold and imaginative; abounding with novel ideas
- 沒有什麼能夠阻擋 你對自由的嚮往 天馬行空的生涯 你的心了無牽掛 [MSC, trad.]
没有什么能够阻挡 你对自由的向往 天马行空的生涯 你的心了无牵挂 [MSC, simp.]- From: 2002, 許巍 (also the lyricist), 《藍蓮花》 (The Blue Lotus)
- méiyǒu shénme nénggòu zǔdǎng; nǐ duì zìyóu de xiàngwǎng; tiānmǎxíngkōng de shēngyá; nǐ de xīn liǎowúqiānguà [Pinyin]
- Nothing could ever stand,
Between you and the free land;
In a life of laissez-aller,
All your worries were blown away.
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- (figuratively) progressing swiftly; unrestricted and developing rapidly
- (figuratively, pejorative) speaking in a roundabout, irrelevant or exaggerated way; empty and impracticable talk
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