倚馬可待

Chinese

		to lean on; rely upon	horse; surname	to be about to happen; about to; on the point of to be about to happen; about to; on the point of; going to; soon; at hand; around the corner
trad. (倚馬可待)		倚	馬	可待
simp. (倚马可待)		倚	马	可待

Etymology

During the Jin Dynasty, General Huan Wen ordered his record-keeper, Yuan Hong, to write an official document. Yuan, while propped against the front of his horse, managed to fill seven pages with remarkable speed.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐmǎkědài

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐmǎkědài [Phonetic: yímákědài]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐmǎkědài
  - Wade–Giles: i³-ma³-kʻo³-tai⁴
  - Yale: yǐ-mǎ-kě-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiimaakeeday
  - Palladius: имакэдай (imakɛdaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

倚馬可待

a writer's ability to write an article very quickly

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