退一步海闊天空
See also: 退一步海阔天空
Chinese
- retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
one step; a single step as boundless as the sea and sky; unrestrained and far-ranging trad. (退一步海闊天空) 退 一步 海闊天空 simp. (退一步海阔天空) 退 一步 海阔天空 Literally: “Take one step back, (and you will see) the vastness of the sea and sky”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuey yi1 buh haekuohtiankong
- IPA (key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: teoi3 jat1 bou6 hoi2 fut3 tin1 hung1
- Yale: teui yāt bouh hói fut tīn hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: toey3 jat7 bou6 hoi2 fut8 tin1 hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: têu3 yed1 bou6 hoi2 fud3 tin1 hung1
- IPA (key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Proverb
退一步海闊天空
- Sometimes, if you're working too much to solve a problem, it helps to step back from it, and new solutions will often present themselves.
- Yielding (taking a step back), to someone else may make your future that much brighter/easier.
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