一暴十寒
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure |
ten | cold; poor; to tremble | ||
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simp. and trad. (一暴十寒) |
一 | 暴 | 十 | 寒 | |
alternative forms | 一曝十寒 |
Etymology
From the Mencius.
- 雖有天下易生之物也,一日暴之、十日寒之,未有能生者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Suī yǒu tiānxià yì shēng zhī wù yě, yīrì pù zhī, shírì hán zhī, wèi yǒu néng shēng zhě yě. [Pinyin]
- Suppose the case of the most easily growing thing in the world; if you let it have one day's genial heat, and then expose it for ten days to cold, it will not be able to grow.
虽有天下易生之物也,一日暴之、十日寒之,未有能生者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄆㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yipùshíhhán
- Wade–Giles: i1-pʻu4-shih2-han2
- Yale: yī-pù-shŕ-hán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipuhshyrharn
- Palladius: ипушихань (ipušixanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 buk6 sap6 hon4
- Yale: yāt buhk sahp hòhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 buk9 sap9 hon4
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 bug6 seb6 hon4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ pʊk̚² sɐp̚² hɔːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 一暴十寒
- (figurative) to work hard for one day and do nothing for ten; to work by fits and starts; to act without perseverance or persistence
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