古今多少事，都付笑談中

See also: 古今多少事，都付笑谈中

Chinese

		ancient and modern; past and present; then and now	how many; how much; as much as how many; how much; as much as; as many as	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	pay	to laugh and talk at the same time; joke	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (古今多少事，都付笑談中)		古今	多少	事	，	都	付	笑談	中
simp. (古今多少事，都付笑谈中)		古今	多少	事	，	都	付	笑谈	中

Etymology

• From the last line of the opening poem of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

  Literally: How many things from past and present have they laughed and talked about with each other?

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕˋ , ㄉㄡ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕˋ , ㄉㄡ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔjin duoshǎo shìh, dou fù siàotán jhong
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chin¹ to¹-shao³ shih⁴, tou¹ fu⁴ hsiao⁴-tʻan² chung¹
    • Yale: gǔ-jīn dwō-shǎu shr̀-, dōu fù syàu-tán jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guujin duoshao shyh, dou fuh shiawtarn jong
    • Palladius: гуцзинь дошао ши, доу фу сяотань чжун (guczinʹ došao ši, dou fu sjaotanʹ čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

古今多少事，都付笑談中

1. It is better to keep an open mind with respect to right and wrong or success and failure when evaluating historical developments.