好鋼用在刀刃上

See also: 好钢用在刀刃上

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	steel	to use	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	edge of a knife; knife blade; crucial point edge of a knife; knife blade; crucial point; pivotal point	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (好鋼用在刀刃上)		好	鋼	用	在	刀刃	上
simp. (好钢用在刀刃上)		好	钢	用	在	刀刃	上
Literally: “To use the good steel on the knife's edge”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎogāng yòngzài dāorènshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄍㄤ ㄩㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎogāng yòngzài dāorènshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄍㄤ ㄩㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎogang yòngzài daorènshàng
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-kang¹ yung⁴-tsai⁴ tao¹-jên⁴-shang⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-gāng yùng-dzài dāu-rèn-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haogang yonqtzay daurennshanq
    • Palladius: хаоган юнцзай даожэньшан (xaogan junczaj daožɛnʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

好鋼用在刀刃上

1. to use the best resources in the most important areas

   災後重建必須好鋼用在刀刃上。 [MSC, trad.]
   灾后重建必须好钢用在刀刃上。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zāi hòu chóngjiàn bìxū hǎogāng yòngzài dāorènshàng. [Pinyin]

   When rebuilding after a disaster, one must use resources where they count.