夸父逐日

Chinese

		Kua Fu	to pursue; to chase; individually to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (夸父逐日)		夸父	逐	日
simp. ^#(夸父逐日)		夸父	逐	日
alternative forms		夸父追日
Literally: “Kua Fu chases the sun”.

Etymology

See Kua Fu on Wikipedia for the background story.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuāfùzhúrì, kuāfǔzhúrì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ, ㄎㄨㄚㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ fu⁶ zuk⁶ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuāfùzhúrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuafùjhúrìh
  - Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-fu⁴-chu²-jih⁴
  - Yale: kwā-fù-jú-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuafuhjwuryh
  - Palladius: куафучжужи (kuafučžuži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuāfǔzhúrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuafǔjhúrìh
  - Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-fu³-chu²-jih⁴
  - Yale: kwā-fǔ-jú-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuafuujwuryh
  - Palladius: куафучжужи (kuafučžuži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwaa¹ fu⁶ zuk⁶ jat⁶
  - Yale: kwā fuh juhk yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ fu⁶ dzuk⁹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ fu⁶ zug⁶ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ fuː²² t͡sʊk̚² jɐt̚²/

Idiom

夸父逐日

(figurative, derogatory) to not know one's limitations; to overestimate one's abilities
(figurative) to be willing to overcome all obstacles to reach one's goal.

Synonyms

自不量力 (zìbùliànglì)
螳臂當車／螳臂当车 (tángbìdāngchē)

Antonyms

量力而為／量力而为 (liànglì'érwéi)

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