好事多磨

Chinese

		good thing; happy event; joyous occasion	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (好事多磨)		好事	多	磨
simp. ^#(好事多磨)		好事	多	磨
alternative forms		好事多魔 obsolete
Literally: “good thing much grinding”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎoshìduōmó

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² si⁶ do¹ mo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoshìduōmó
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoshìhduomó
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-shih⁴-to¹-mo²
  - Yale: hǎu-shr̀-dwō-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyhduomo
  - Palladius: хаошидомо (xaošidomo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² si⁶ do¹ mo⁴
  - Yale: hóu sih dō mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² si⁶ do¹ mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² xi⁶ do¹ mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²² tɔː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/

Idiom

好事多磨

the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks

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