相得益彰

Chinese

		to get along well; to be congenial	benefit; increase	manifest
simp. and trad. (相得益彰)		相得	益	彰

Etymology

Based on a passage in Records of the Grand Historian [circa 2nd century AD].

夷、叔齊雖賢，得夫子而名益彰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

夷、叔齐虽贤，得夫子而名益彰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Shi Ji

Yí, shū qí suī xián, dé fūzǐ ér míng yì zhāng. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngdéyìzhāng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ dak¹ jik¹ zoeng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-tek-ek-chiong / siong-tit-ek-chiong / siang-tit-ek-chiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngdéyìzhāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangdéyìjhang
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-tê²-i⁴-chang¹
  - Yale: syāng-dé-yì-jāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangderyihjang
  - Palladius: сяндэичжан (sjandɛičžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ dak¹ jik¹ zoeng¹
  - Yale: sēung dāk yīk jēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ dak⁷ jik⁷ dzoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ deg¹ yig¹ zêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jɪk̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-tek-ek-chiong
  - Tâi-lô: siong-tik-ik-tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongdek'ekciofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-tit-ek-chiong
  - Tâi-lô: siong-tit-ik-tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongdit'ekciofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-tit-ek-chiong
  - Tâi-lô: siang-tit-ik-tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangdit'ekciofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

相得益彰

to help and complement each other so both can hone their talents better