一帆風順

See also: 一帆风顺

Chinese

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		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	sail	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable
trad. (一帆風順)		一	帆	風	順
simp. (一帆风顺)		一	帆	风	顺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfānfēngshùn, yīfánfēngshùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄢ ㄈㄥ ㄕㄨㄣˋ, ㄧ ㄈㄢˊ ㄈㄥ ㄕㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ faan⁴ fung¹ seon⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-phâng-hong-sūn / it-hoân-hong-sūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfānfēngshùn [Phonetic: yìfānfēngshùn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄢ ㄈㄥ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifanfongshùn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fan¹-fêng¹-shun⁴
    • Yale: yī-fān-fēng-shwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifanfengshuenn
    • Palladius: ифаньфэншунь (ifanʹfɛnšunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fän⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfánfēngshùn [Phonetic: yìfánfēngshùn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄢˊ ㄈㄥ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifánfongshùn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fan²-fêng¹-shun⁴
    • Yale: yī-fán-fēng-shwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifarnfengshuenn
    • Palladius: ифаньфэншунь (ifanʹfɛnšunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fän³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ faan⁴ fung¹ seon⁶
    • Yale: yāt fàahn fūng seuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ faan⁴ fung¹ soen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fan⁴ fung¹ sên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ faːn²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-phâng-hong-sūn
    • Tâi-lô: it-phâng-hong-sūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itphanghongsun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰaŋ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sun²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-hoân-hong-sūn
    • Tâi-lô: it-huân-hong-sūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ithoanhongsun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ huan²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun³³/

Idiom

一帆風順

1. to have a favourable wind all the way
2. (of things) to run smoothly, without incident

   • 在社會主義事業中，要想不經過艱難曲折，不付出極大努力，總是一帆風順，容易得到成功，這種想法，只是幻想。 [MSC, trad.]
     在社会主义事业中，要想不经过艰难曲折，不付出极大努力，总是一帆风顺，容易得到成功，这种想法，只是幻想。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài shèhuì zhǔyì shìyè zhōng, yào xiǎng bù jīngguò jiānnánqūzhé, bù fùchū jídà nǔlì, zǒngshì yīfānfēngshùn, róngyì dédào chénggōng, zhè zhǒng xiǎngfǎ, zhǐ shì huànxiǎng. [Pinyin]

     It is sheer fantasy to imagine that the cause of socialism is all plain sailing and easy success, with no difficulties and setbacks, or without the exertion of tremendous efforts.

3. bon voyage!