馬到成功

See also: 马到成功

Chinese

		horse; surname	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful; to complete a task
trad. (馬到成功)		馬	到	成功
simp. (马到成功)		马	到	成功
anagram		馬到功成／马到功成
Literally: “[As soon as] the horse arrives [to the battlefield], there is success.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎdào-chénggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ dou³ sing⁴ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎdào-chénggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎdàochénggong
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-tao⁴-chʻêng²-kung¹
    • Yale: mǎ-dàu-chéng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadawchernggong
    • Palladius: мадаочэнгун (madaočɛngun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ dou³ sing⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: máh dou sìhng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ dou³ sing⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ dou³ xing⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ tou̯³³ sɪŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 馬到成功

1. to instantly succeed

Synonyms

• (chiefly Cantonese) 馬到功成／马到功成 (mǎdào-gōngchéng)