吃得苦中苦,方為人上人

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Chinese

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eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
get; obtain; gain
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
 
bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
because of; for; to
because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
 
man who is above men; one who is above the others in the society; top person
trad. (吃得苦中苦,方為人上人/吃得苦中苦,方爲人上人) / 人上人
simp. (吃得苦中苦,方为人上人) 人上人
Literally: “Only those who endure the hardest hardships will be the best of the best.”

Pronunciation

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  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: chī de kǔ zhōng kǔ, fāng wéi rén shàng rén
      • Zhuyin: ㄔ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄎㄨˇ , ㄈㄤ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: chih de̊ kǔ jhong kǔ, fang wéi rén shàng rén
      • Wade–Giles: chʻih15 kʻu3 chung1 kʻu3, fang1 wei2 jên2 shang4 jên2
      • Yale: chr̄ de kǔ jūng kǔ-, fāng wéi rén shàng rén
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy .de kuu jong kuu, fang wei ren shanq ren
      • Palladius: чи дэ ку чжун ку, фан вэй жэнь шан жэнь (či dɛ ku čžun ku, fan vɛj žɛnʹ šan žɛnʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ d̥ə² kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  • Cantonese
  • Southern Min
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: ngeg4 dig4 kou2 dang1 kou2, huang1 ui5 nang5 ziên7 nang5
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngṳk tik khóu tang khóu, huang ûi nâng tsiēⁿ nâng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɯk̚²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ kʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ taŋ³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵² huaŋ³³⁻²³ ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sĩẽ¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

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吃得苦中苦,方為人上人

  1. no pain, no gain; Only those who have endured the most difficult hardships can step on the topmost ones of the topmost people.

Synonyms

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