將勤補拙

Chinese

		a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use	diligent; frequent	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
trad. (將勤補拙)		將	勤	補	拙
simp. (将勤补拙)		将	勤	补	拙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāngqínbǔzhuō, jiāngqínbǔzhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛ, ㄐㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ kan⁴ bou² zyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngqínbǔzhuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangcínbǔjhuo
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-chʻin²-pu³-cho¹
    • Yale: jyāng-chín-bǔ-jwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangchynbuujuo
    • Palladius: цзянциньбучжо (czjancinʹbučžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngqínbǔzhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangcínbǔjhuó
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-chʻin²-pu³-cho²
    • Yale: jyāng-chín-bǔ-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangchynbuujwo
    • Palladius: цзянциньбучжо (czjancinʹbučžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ kan⁴ bou² zyut³
    • Yale: jēung kàhn bóu jyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ kan⁴ bou² dzyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ ken⁴ bou² jud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐn²¹ pou̯³⁵ t͡syːt̚³/

Idiom

將勤補拙

1. to make up for one's lack of natural talent with hard work