百發百中

Chinese

		hundred	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	hundred	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (百發百中)		百	發	百	中
simp. (百发百中)		百	发	百	中
Literally: “a hundred shots, a hundred bull's-eyes”.

Etymology

From the book Zhan Guo Ce:

楚有養由基者，善射，去柳葉百步而射之，百發百中之。左右觀者數幹人，皆曰善射。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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楚有养由基者，善射，去柳叶百步而射之，百发百中之。左右观者数干人，皆曰善射。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

Chǔ yǒu Yǎng Yóujī zhě, shànshè, qù liǔyè bǎibù ér shè zhī, bǎifābǎizhòng zhī. Zuǒyòu guānzhě shù gànrén, jiē yuē shànshè. [Pinyin]

In Chu there was Yang Youji, a sharpshooter. After having walked one hundred paces away, he would shoot at willow-leaves, shooting one hundred times and hitting one hundred times. Left and right, several officials who watched (him shooting) all said he was a sharpshooter.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎifābǎizhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄚ ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ faat³ baak³ zung³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-hoat-pek-tiòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎifābǎizhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄚ ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎifabǎijhòng
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-fa¹-pai³-chung⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-fā-bǎi-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baefabaejonq
    • Palladius: байфабайчжун (bajfabajčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ faat³ baak³ zung³
    • Yale: baak faat baak jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ faat⁸ baak⁸ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ fad³ bag³ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ faːt̚³ paːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-hoat-pek-tiòng
    • Tâi-lô: pik-huat-pik-tiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekhoatpekdioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³² piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ²¹/

Idiom

百發百中

1. (literally, figuratively) every shot hits the target; to shoot with unfailing accuracy; to be a crack shot

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
百	發	百	中

Phrase

百發百中

1. chữ Hán form of bách phát bách trúng (“a hundred shots, a hundred hits”).