林子大了，什麼鳥都有

Chinese
woods; forest; grove
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
 what; something bird
 
metropolis; capital city; all
metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (林子大了，什麼鳥都有) 林子 大 了 ， 什麼 鳥 都 有
simp. (林子大了，什么鸟都有) 林子 大 了 ， 什么 鸟 都 有
Literally: “As a forest gets big, it will have all kinds of birds.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): línzi dà le, shénme niǎo dōu yǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ , ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡ ㄧㄡˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: línzi dà le, shénme niǎo dōu yǒu
      • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ , ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡ ㄧㄡˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: línzi̊h dà le̊, shénme̊ niǎo dou yǒu
      • Wade–Giles: lin2-tzŭ5 ta4 lê5, shên2-mê5 niao3 tou1 yu3
      • Yale: lín-dz dà le-, shén-me nyǎu dōu yǒu
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin.tzy dah .le, shern.me neau dou yeou
      • Palladius: линьцзы да лэ, шэньмэ няо доу ю (linʹczy da lɛ, šɛnʹmɛ njao dou ju)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /lin³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ tä⁵¹ lə¹ ʂən³⁵ mə³ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

林子大了，什麼鳥都有

  1. there are all kinds of people in a large community

Synonyms
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