風華正茂

See also: 风华正茂

Chinese

		elegance and talent; grace	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	luxuriant
trad. (風華正茂)		風華	正	茂
simp. (风华正茂)		风华	正	茂

Etymology

Coined by Mao Zedong in 1925:

恰同學少年，
風華正茂，
書生意氣，
揮斥方遒。 [Ci, trad.]

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恰同学少年，
风华正茂，
书生意气，
挥斥方遒。 [Ci, simp.]

From: 1925, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong),《沁園春·長沙》, translation based on the Foreign Languages Press version

Qià tóngxué shàonián,
Fēnghuá zhèng mào,
Shūshēng yìqì,
Huīchì fāng qiú. [Pinyin]

Young we were, schoolmates,
At life's full flowering;
Filled with student enthusiasm
Boldly we cast all restraints aside.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnghuázhèngmào

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ waa⁴ zing³ mau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnghuázhèngmào
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fonghuájhèngmào
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-hua²-chêng⁴-mao⁴
    • Yale: fēng-hwá-jèng-màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenghwajenqmaw
    • Palladius: фэнхуачжэнмао (fɛnxuačžɛnmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ waa⁴ zing³ mau⁶
    • Yale: fūng wàh jing mauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ waa⁴ dzing³ mau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ wa⁴ jing³ meo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³ mɐu̯²²/

Idiom

風華正茂

1. in one's prime