登泰山而小天下

Chinese

		to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record	Mount Tai; Tarzan	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
simp. and trad. (登泰山而小天下)		登	泰山	而	小	天下

Etymology

From the book Mencius:

孟子曰：孔子登東山而小魯，登泰山而小天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
孟子曰：孔子登东山而小鲁，登泰山而小天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mengzi (Mencius), circa 4^th century BCE

Mèngzǐ yuē: Kǒngzǐ dēng Dōngshān ér xiǎo Lǔ, dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià. [Pinyin]

Mencius said, "Having climbed the East Peak (of Mount Tai), Lu seemed small to Confucius. Having climbed to the top of Mount Tai, the whole world below seemed small.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deng Tayshan erl sheau tianshiah
  - IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/

Idiom

登泰山而小天下

to be able to see far and wide

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