大器晚成

See also: 大器晩成

Chinese

		treasure	evening; night; late	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
trad. (大器晚成)		大器	晚	成
simp. ^#(大器晚成)		大器	晚	成
Literally: “great vessels take years to produce”.

Etymology

From Tao Te Ching:

大方無隅，大器晚成。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

大方无隅，大器晚成。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

Dà fāng wú yú, dàqìwǎnchéng. [Pinyin]

Its largest square doth yet no corner show; a vessel great, it is the slowest made.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàqìwǎnchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hei³ maan⁵ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàqìwǎnchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàcìwǎnchéng
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻi⁴-wan³-chʻêng²
  - Yale: dà-chì-wǎn-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchihwoancherng
  - Palladius: дациваньчэн (dacivanʹčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ hei³ maan⁵ sing⁴
  - Yale: daaih hei máahn sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hei³ maan⁵ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ héi³ man⁵ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hei̯³³ maːn¹³ sɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

大器晚成

a great talent takes time to mature; in the fullness of time, a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state

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