林子大了，什麼鳥都有

Chinese

		woods; forest; grove	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)		what; something	bird	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (林子大了，什麼鳥都有)		林子	大	了	，	什麼	鳥	都	有
simp. (林子大了，什么鸟都有)		林子	大	了	，	什么	鸟	都	有
Literally: “As a forest gets big, it will have all kinds of birds.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línzi dà le, shénme niǎo dōu yǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ , ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡ ㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línzi dà le, shénme niǎo dōu yǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ , ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línzi̊h dà le̊, shénme̊ niǎo dou yǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-tzŭ⁵ ta⁴ lê⁵, shên²-mê⁵ niao³ tou¹ yu³
    • Yale: lín-dz dà le-, shén-me nyǎu dōu yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin.tzy dah .le, shern.me neau dou yeou
    • Palladius: линьцзы да лэ, шэньмэ няо доу ю (linʹczy da lɛ, šɛnʹmɛ njao dou ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ tä⁵¹ lə¹ ʂən³⁵ mə³ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

林子大了，什麼鳥都有

1. there are all kinds of people in a large community

Synonyms

• 樹大有枯枝／树大有枯枝 (shù dà yǒu kūzhī)