早聞道，夕死可矣

Chinese

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hear; news; celebrated; sniff at

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direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk

! !dusk; evening

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to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid

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can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)

!final particle |- !trad. (早聞道，夕死可矣) | 早 | 聞 | 道 | ， | 夕 | 死 | 可 | 矣 |- !simp. (早闻道，夕死可矣) | 早 | 闻 | 道 | ， | 夕 | 死 | 可 | 矣 |}

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ, zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): zou2 man4 dou6, zik6 sei2 ho2 ji5
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
      • Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xīsíkéyǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shi syy kee yyi
      • IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
      • Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xìsíkéyǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shih syy kee yyi
      • IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

早聞道，夕死可矣

  1. Alternative form of 朝聞道，夕死可矣／朝闻道，夕死可矣 (zhāo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ).
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