人外有人，天外有天

Chinese

		man; person; people	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	man; person; people		day; sky; heaven	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	day; sky; heaven
trad. (人外有人，天外有天)		人	外	有	人	，	天	外	有	天
simp. #(人外有人，天外有天)		人	外	有	人	，	天	外	有	天

Etymology

Literally: There are people beyond (this) person, and skies beyond (this) sky.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén wài yǒu rén, tiān wài yǒu tiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén wài yǒu rén, tiān wài yǒu tiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén wài yǒu rén, tian wài yǒu tian
    • Wade–Giles: jên² wai⁴ yu³ jên², tʻien¹ wai⁴ yu³ tʻien¹
    • Yale: rén wài yǒu rén-, tyān wài yǒu tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren way yeou ren, tian way yeou tian
    • Palladius: жэнь вай ю жэнь, тянь вай ю тянь (žɛnʹ vaj ju žɛnʹ, tjanʹ vaj ju tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Proverb

人外有人，天外有天

1. No matter how good you think you are, there is always someone out there that is better.