撥雲見日

See also: 拨云见日

Chinese

		to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (撥雲見日)		撥	雲	見	日
simp. (拨云见日)		拨	云	见	日

Etymology

Literally: the clouds part so that you can once again see the sun

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōyún-jiànrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): but⁶ wan⁴ gin³ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōyún-jiànrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: boyúnjiànrìh
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-yün²-chien⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: bwō-yún-jyàn-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boyunjiannryh
    • Palladius: боюньцзяньжи (bojunʹczjanʹži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ yn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: but⁶ wan⁴ gin³ jat⁶
    • Yale: buht wàhn gin yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹ wan⁴ gin³ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶ wen⁴ gin³ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚² wɐn²¹ kiːn³³ jɐt̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 撥雲見日

1. everything is getting back on track; things are finally back to normal after a period of hardship; after much hardship, one is able to see the light at the end of the tunnel

Related terms

• 撥開雲霧見青天／拨开云雾见青天 (bōkāi yúnwù jiàn qīngtiān)