血氣方剛

Chinese

		animal spirits; sap; vigor animal spirits; sap; vigor; courage and uprightness
trad. (血氣方剛)		血氣	方剛
simp. (血气方刚)		血气	方刚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèqì fānggāng, xuěqì fānggāng, xiěqì fānggāng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤㄍㄤ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤㄍㄤ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ hei³ fong¹ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuèqì fānggāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤㄍㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehchih fanggang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěqì fānggāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤㄍㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuechih fanggang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiěqì fānggāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤㄍㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiechih fanggang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ hei³ fong¹ gong¹
  - Yale: hyut hei fōng gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ hei³ fong¹ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ héi³ fong¹ gong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ hei̯³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

血氣方剛

(usually of youth) hot-blooded; full of vigour; buoyant and impetuous

及其壯也，血氣方剛，戒之在鬥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
及其壮也，血气方刚，戒之在斗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Jí qí zhuàng yě, xuèqìfānggāng, jiè zhī zài dòu. [Pinyin]
When he is strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he [the junzi] guards against quarrelsomeness.

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