天時地利人和

See also: 天时地利人和

Chinese

		weather; climate; timeliness	geographical advantages; favourable location; land productivity	harmony among people; unity of people
trad. (天時地利人和)		天時	地利	人和
simp. (天时地利人和)		天时	地利	人和
Literally: “at the right time, in the right place and with the right people”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānshí dìlì rénhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ si⁴ dei⁶ lei⁶ jan⁴ wo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sṳ̀ thi-li ngìn-fò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshí dìlì rénhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianshíh dìlì rénhé
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shih² ti⁴-li⁴ jên²-ho²
    • Yale: tyān-shŕ dì-lì rén-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshyr dihlih renher
    • Palladius: тяньши дили жэньхэ (tjanʹši dili žɛnʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ si⁴ dei⁶ lei⁶ jan⁴ wo⁴
    • Yale: tīn sìh deih leih yàhn wòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ si⁴ dei⁶ lei⁶ jan⁴ wo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xi⁴ déi⁶ léi⁶ yen⁴ wo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː²¹ tei̯²² lei̯²² jɐn²¹ wɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sṳ̀ thi-li ngìn-fò
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ sii^ˇ ti li ngin^ˇ fo^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ si² ti⁴ li⁴ ngin² fo²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ sɨ¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵ li⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹ fo¹¹/

Idiom

天時地利人和

1. conditions required for success; knock on wood; if everything goes according to plan; with a little luck; everything goes right

   • 天時地利人和加努力　女排的這枚金牌命中注定 [MSC, trad.]
     天时地利人和加努力　女排的这枚金牌命中注定 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004: anon., 04新郎雅典站 (04 Athens Website)

     tiānshí dìlì rénhé jiā nǔlì, nǚpái de zhè méi jīnpái mìngzhōngzhùdìng [Pinyin]

     With a little luck and some hard work, the women's volleyball team will be a shoe-in for the gold medal.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天時地利人和):

• → Vietnamese: thiên thời, địa lợi, nhân hoà (天時地利人和)

Others:

• → Japanese: 天の時は地の利に如かず、地の利は人の和に如かず (ten no toki wa chi no ri ni shikazu, chi no ri wa hito no wa ni shikazu) (calque)