厚積薄發

See also: 厚积薄发

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (厚積薄發)		厚	積	薄	發
simp. (厚积薄发)		厚	积	薄	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòujībófā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ zik¹ bok⁶ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòujībófā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòujibófa
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-chi¹-po²-fa¹
    • Yale: hòu-jī-bwó-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howjiborfa
    • Palladius: хоуцзибофа (xouczibofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ zik¹ bok⁶ faat³
    • Yale: háuh jīk bohk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ dzik⁷ bok⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ jig¹ bog⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ t͡sɪk̚⁵ pɔːk̚² faːt̚³/

Idiom

厚積薄發

1. (literally) to gradually acquire knowledge, and make use of it when needed
2. (figuratively) good preparation is the key to success