不到長城非好漢
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]long wall; Great Wall of China; Changcheng | (be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa |
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trad. (不到長城非好漢) | 不到 | 長城 | 非 | 好漢 | |
simp. (不到长城非好汉) | 不到 | 长城 | 非 | 好汉 | |
Literally: “One who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a true man”. |
Etymology
[edit]From Mao Zedong's 1935 verse:
- 天高雲淡,望斷南飛雁。不到長城非好漢,屈指行程二萬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1935, Mao Zedong, 《清平樂·六盤山》
- Tiāngāoyúndàn, wàng duàn nán fēi yàn. Bùdào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn, qūzhǐ xíngchéng èr wàn. [Pinyin]
- The heavens are high, the clouds are pale,
We watch as the wild geese disappear southwards.
If we fail to reach the Great wall we are not true men,
We who have marched more than 20,000 li.
天高云淡,望断南飞雁。不到长城非好汉,屈指行程二万。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄟ ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùdào Chángchéng fei hǎohàn
- Wade–Giles: pu4-tao4 Chʻang2-chʻêng2 fei1 hao3-han4
- Yale: bù-dàu Cháng-chéng fēi hǎu-hàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budaw Charngcherng fei haohann
- Palladius: будао Чанчэн фэй хаохань (budao Čančɛn fɛj xaoxanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 dou3 coeng4 sing4 fei1 hou2 hon3
- Yale: bāt dou chèuhng sìhng fēi hóu hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 dou3 tsoeng4 sing4 fei1 hou2 hon3
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 dou3 cêng4 xing4 féi1 hou2 hon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵ hɔːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]不到長城非好漢
- (figurative) One should not give up until one succeeds.
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