為時不遠

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	not; no	far; distant; remote
trad. (為時不遠/爲時不遠)		為/爲	時	不	遠
simp. (为时不远)		为	时	不	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéishíbùyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ si⁴ bat¹ jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéishíbùyuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéishíhbùyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-shih²-pu⁴-yüan³
    • Yale: wéi-shŕ-bù-ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishyrbuyeuan
    • Palladius: вэйшибуюань (vɛjšibujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ si⁴ bat¹ jyun⁵
    • Yale: wàih sìh bāt yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ si⁴ bat⁷ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ xi⁴ bed¹ yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ siː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyːn¹³/

Idiom

為時不遠

1. to be not far off (in time)

   • 希特勒被消滅以後，打敗日本侵略者就為時不遠了。 [MSC, trad.]
     希特勒被消灭以后，打败日本侵略者就为时不远了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1945, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論聯合政府》 (On Coalition Government), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Xītèlè bèi xiāomiè yǐhòu, dǎbài Rìběn qīnlüèzhě jiù wéishíbùyuǎn le. [Pinyin]

     After Hitler is wiped out, the defeat of the Japanese aggressors will not be far distant.

Synonyms

• 指日可待 (zhǐrìkědài)