從心所欲
Chinese
from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried |
heart; mind | actually; place; (nominalization prefix) | desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish | ||
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trad. (從心所欲) | 從 | 心 | 所 | 欲 | |
simp. (从心所欲) | 从 | 心 | 所 | 欲 |
Etymology
The Analects:
- 七十而從心所欲、不踰矩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qīshí ér cóng xīn suǒ yù, bù yú jǔ. [Pinyin]
- At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.
七十而从心所欲、不逾矩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cóngsinsuǒyù
- Wade–Giles: tsʻung2-hsin1-so3-yü4
- Yale: tsúng-syīn-swǒ-yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshinsuooyuh
- Palladius: цунсиньсоюй (cunsinʹsojuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cung4 sam1 so2 juk6
- Yale: chùhng sām só yuhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung4 sam1 so2 juk9
- Guangdong Romanization: cung4 sem1 so2 yug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ jʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: dzjowng sim srjoX yowk
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]oŋ səm
- (Zhengzhang): /*zloŋ slɯm sqʰraʔ loɡ/
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 從心所欲
- to follow what one's heart desires; to do as one likes; to act at one's pleasure
- (literary) seventy years old
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