時勢造英雄

See also: 时势造英雄

Chinese

		current situation; time	to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	hero; heroic
trad. (時勢造英雄)		時勢	造	英雄
simp. (时势造英雄)		时势	造	英雄

Etymology

From Liang Qichao's Biography of Li Hongzhang (《李鴻章傳》):

時勢造英雄，英雄亦造時勢。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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时势造英雄，英雄亦造时势。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

Shíshì zào yīngxióng, yīngxióng yì zào shíshì. [Pinyin]

The time creates the hero, yet the hero also creates the time.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíshì zào yīngxióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ sai³ zou⁶ jing¹ hung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíshì zào yīngxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshìh zào yingsyóng
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-shih⁴ tsao⁴ ying¹-hsiung²
    • Yale: shŕ-shr̀ dzàu yīng-syúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrshyh tzaw ingshyong
    • Palladius: шиши цзао инсюн (šiši czao insjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ sai³ zou⁶ jing¹ hung⁴
    • Yale: sìh sai jouh yīng hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ sai³ dzou⁶ jing¹ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ sei³ zou⁶ ying¹ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ sɐi̯³³ t͡sou̯²² jɪŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

時勢造英雄

1. the time creates the hero

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (時勢造英雄):

• → Vietnamese: thời thế tạo anh hùng (時勢造英雄)