綽綽有餘

Chinese

			to have an abundance; odd; about to have an abundance; odd; about; or so
trad. (綽綽有餘)		綽綽	有餘
simp. (绰绰有余)		绰绰	有余

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 223 (《詩經·小雅·角弓》):

此令兄弟，綽綽有裕。
不令兄弟，交相為瘉。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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此令兄弟，绰绰有裕。
不令兄弟，交相为愈。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Cǐ lìng xiōngdì, chuòchuò yǒu yù.
Bù lìng xiōngdì, jiāoxiàng wéi yù. [Pinyin]

Those brothers who are good, Continue to display much generous feeling; But between brothers who are not good, Their intercourse is marked by troubles.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuòchuòyǒuyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³ coek³ jau⁵ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuòchuòyǒuyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuòchuòyǒuyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴-chʻo⁴-yu³-yü²
    • Yale: chwò-chwò-yǒu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuohchuohyeouyu
    • Palladius: чочоююй (čočojujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coek³ coek³ jau⁵ jyu⁴
    • Yale: cheuk cheuk yáuh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek⁸ tsoek⁸ jau⁵ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêg³ cêg³ yeo⁵ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːk̚³ t͡sʰœːk̚³ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/

Idiom

綽綽有餘

1. more than sufficient; ample