厚積薄發
Appearance
See also: 厚积薄发
Chinese
[edit]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 | ||
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trad. (厚積薄發) | 厚 | 積 | 薄 | 發 | |
simp. (厚积薄发) | 厚 | 积 | 薄 | 发 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]厚積薄發
- (literally) to gradually acquire knowledge, and make use of it when needed
- (figuratively) good preparation is the key to success