大人有大量

Chinese

		person of high rank (such as a ruler or noble)	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	(magnanimous; generous):
trad. (大人有大量)		大人	有	大量
simp. #(大人有大量)		大人	有	大量

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàrén yǒu dàliàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jan⁴ jau⁵ daai⁶ loeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàrén yǒu dàliàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàrén yǒu dàliàng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-jên² yu³ ta⁴-liang⁴
    • Yale: dà-rén yǒu dà-lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahren yeou dahlianq
    • Palladius: дажэнь ю далян (dažɛnʹ ju daljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jan⁴ jau⁵ daai⁶ loeng⁶
    • Yale: daaih yàhn yáuh daaih leuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jan⁴ jau⁵ daai⁶ loeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yen⁴ yeo⁵ dai⁶ lêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jɐn²¹ jɐu̯¹³ taːi̯²² lœːŋ²²/

Idiom

大人有大量

1. to be magnanimous; to not bear a grudge

   這次只是無心之失而已，希望您大人有大量，原諒他吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   这次只是无心之失而已，希望您大人有大量，原谅他吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhècì zhǐshì wúxīnzhīshī éryǐ, xīwàng nín dàrén yǒu dàliàng, yuánliàng tā ba. [Pinyin]

   This was just an unintentional mistake. I hope that you won't bear a grudge and forgive him.

Synonyms

• 宰相肚裡能撐船／宰相肚里能撑船 (zǎixiàng dùlǐ néng chēngchuán)
• 宰相肚裡好撐船／宰相肚里好撑船 (zǎixiàng dùlǐ hǎo chēngchuán)