欣欣向榮

See also: 欣欣向荣

Chinese

		thrilled; ecstatic; joyful thrilled; ecstatic; joyful; happy; lush; luxuriant; thriving; flourishing	to advance towards	to flourish
trad. (欣欣向榮)		欣欣	向	榮
simp. (欣欣向荣)		欣欣	向	荣

Etymology

From a Fu by Tao Yuanming:

木欣欣以向榮，泉涓涓而始流。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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木欣欣以向荣，泉涓涓而始流。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tao Yuanming, 《歸去來兮辭》, 405 CE

Mù xīnxīn yǐ xiàng róng, quán juānjuān ér shǐ liú. [Pinyin]

The trees thriving in luxuriance; the stream flowing leisurely from the spring.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxīnxiàngróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jan¹ hoeng³ wing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): him-him-hiòng-êng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxīnxiàngróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsinsiàngróng
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsin¹-hsiang⁴-jung²
    • Yale: syīn-syīn-syàng-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshinshianqrong
    • Palladius: синьсиньсянжун (sinʹsinʹsjanžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ jan¹ hoeng³ wing⁴
    • Yale: yān yān heung wìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jan¹ hoeng³ wing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yen¹ hêng³ wing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³ wɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: him-him-hiòng-êng
    • Tâi-lô: him-him-hiòng-îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: himhimhiorng'eeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /him⁴⁴⁻²² him⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /him³³ him³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /him⁴⁴⁻²² him⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /him⁴⁴⁻³³ him⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /him⁴⁴⁻³³ him⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ iɪŋ²³/

Idiom

欣欣向榮

1. thriving; flourishing; prosperous

   • 這時全國各方面是欣欣向榮的，政治上有民主化的趨勢，文化上有較普遍的動員。 [MSC, trad.]
     这时全国各方面是欣欣向荣的，政治上有民主化的趋势，文化上有较普遍的动员。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhèshí quánguó gèfāngmiàn shì xīnxīnxiàngróng de, zhèngzhì shàng yǒu mínzhǔhuà de qūshì, wénhuà shàng yǒu jiào pǔbiàn de dòngyuán. [Pinyin]

     During that stage, there was a lively atmosphere in the country in every field; politically there was a trend towards democracy and culturally there was fairly widespread activity.