好事多磨
Chinese
good thing; happy event; joyous occasion | many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub | ||
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trad. (好事多磨) | 好事 | 多 | 磨 | |
simp. #(好事多磨) | 好事 | 多 | 磨 | |
Literally: “good thing much grinding”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄇㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoshìhduomó
- Wade–Giles: hao3-shih4-to1-mo2
- Yale: hǎu-shr̀-dwō-mwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyhduomo
- Palladius: хаошидомо (xaošidomo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hou2 si6 do1 mo4
- Yale: hóu sih dō mòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hou2 si6 do1 mo4
- Guangdong Romanization: hou2 xi6 do1 mo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²² tɔː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 好事多磨