孔武有力

Chinese

		hole; surname	martial; military	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	power; force; strength
trad. (孔武有力)		孔	武	有	力
simp. #(孔武有力)		孔	武	有	力

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 80 (《詩經·鄭風·羔裘》):

羔裘豹飾，孔武有力。
彼其之子，邦之司直。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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羔裘豹饰，孔武有力。
彼其之子，邦之司直。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Gāo qiú bào shì, kǒng wǔ yǒu lì.
Bǐ qí zhī zǐ, bāng zhī sī zhí. [Pinyin]

His lambs's fur, with its cuffs of leopard-skin. Looks grandly martial and strong.
That officer, In the country will ever hold to the right.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒngwǔyǒulì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄨˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² mou⁵ jau⁵ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngwǔyǒulì [Phonetic: kóngwúyǒulì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄨˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngwǔyǒulì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung³-wu³-yu³-li⁴
    • Yale: kǔng-wǔ-yǒu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongwuuyeoulih
    • Palladius: кунъуюли (kunʺujuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² mou⁵ jau⁵ lik⁶
    • Yale: húng móuh yáuh lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² mou⁵ jau⁵ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² mou⁵ yeo⁵ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ mou̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³ lɪk̚²/

Idiom

孔武有力

1. to have great physical strength and courage