天下無難事，只怕有心人

Chinese

		under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	not have	difficult matter; difficulty		I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe	observant and conscientious person; resolute person; person who sets their mind on doing something
trad. (天下無難事，只怕有心人)		天下	無	難事	，	只怕	有心人
simp. (天下无难事，只怕有心人)		天下	无	难事	，	只怕	有心人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxià wú nánshì, zhǐpà yǒuxīnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕˋ , ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-hā bô lân-sû, chí phà iú-sim-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxià wú nánshì, zhǐpà yǒuxīnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕˋ , ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansià wú nánshìh, jhǐhpà yǒusinrén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsia⁴ wu² nan²-shih⁴, chih³-pʻa⁴ yu³-hsin¹-jên²
    • Yale: tyān-syà wú nán-shr̀-, jř-pà yǒu-syīn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiah wu nanshyh, jyypah yeoushinren
    • Palladius: тянься у наньши, чжипа юсиньжэнь (tjanʹsja u nanʹši, čžipa jusinʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵ nän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hā bô lân-sû, chí phà iú-sim-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: thian-hā bô lân-sû, tsí phà iú-sim-lîn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³⁻²¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ lan²³⁻³³ su²³ t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰa²¹⁻⁴¹ iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa¹¹⁻⁵³ iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/

Idiom

天下無難事，只怕有心人

1. nothing is difficult if one is dedicated

Synonyms

• 世上無難事，只怕有心人／世上无难事，只怕有心人