登泰山而小天下

Chinese

		to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record	Mount Tai	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
trad. (登泰山而小天下)		登	泰山	而	小	天下
simp. ^#(登泰山而小天下)		登	泰山	而	小	天下

Etymology

From the book Mencius:

孟子曰：孔子登東山而小魯，登泰山而小天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

孟子曰：孔子登东山而小鲁，登泰山而小天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

Mèngzǐ yuē: Kǒngzǐ dēng Dōngshān ér xiǎo Lǔ, dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià. [Pinyin]

Mencius said, "Having climbed the East Peak (of Mount Tai), Lu seemed small to Confucius. Having climbed to the top of Mount Tai, the whole world below seemed small.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: deng Tàishan ér siǎo tiansià
  - Wade–Giles: têng¹ Tʻai⁴-shan¹ êrh² hsiao³ tʻien¹-hsia⁴
  - Yale: dēng Tài-shān ér syǎu tyān-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deng Tayshan erl sheau tianshiah
  - Palladius: дэн Тайшань эр сяо тянься (dɛn Tajšanʹ er sjao tjanʹsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Idiom

登泰山而小天下

to be able to see far and wide