鐵樹開花

Chinese

		Cycas revoluta, the king sago palm	to blossom; to bloom; to flower to blossom; to bloom; to flower; to burst; to split open; to break open
trad. (鐵樹開花)		鐵樹	開花
simp. (铁树开花)		铁树	开花
Literally: “king sago palm blossoms”.

Etymology

From the fact that king sago palm rarely blossoms, which is especially true if the plant was cultivated outside of tropical areas.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiě shùkāi huā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ syu⁶ hoi¹ faa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiě shùkāi huā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiě shùkai hua
  - Wade–Giles: tʻieh³ shu⁴-kʻai¹ hua¹
  - Yale: tyě shù-kāi hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiee shuhkai hua
  - Palladius: те шукай хуа (te šukaj xua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tit³ syu⁶ hoi¹ faa¹
  - Yale: tit syuh hōi fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ sy⁶ hoi¹ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tid³ xu⁶ hoi¹ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ syː²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

Idiom

鐵樹開花

extremely rare or hard to succeed

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