大器晚成 Chinese English dictionary 大器晚成 translate 大器晚成 pinyin

大器晚成

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
大器晚成 dàqìwǎnchéng	大器晚成 \| 大器晚成* \| *大器晚成	lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
大	大 \| 大* \| *大	3画大 + 0	dà, dài, tài	big, great, vast, large, high	daai6	4003.0 K


器	器 \| 器* \| *器	16画口 + 13	qì	receptacle, vessel; instrument	hei3	6666.3 RRIKR


晚	晚 \| 晚* \| *晚	11画日 + 7	wǎn	night, evening; late	maan5	6701.6 ANAU


成	成 \| 成* \| *成	6画戈 + 2	chéng	completed, finished, fixed	cing4, seng4, sing4	5320.0 IHS

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Simplified		English Definition
大器晚成 dàqìwǎnchéng	大器晚成 \| 大器晚成* \| *大器晚成	lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day


大 dà	大 \| 大* \| *大	big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)


大 dài	大 \| 大* \| *大	see 大夫


大器 dàqì	大器 \| 大器* \| *大器	very capable person / precious object


器　qì	器 \| 器* \| *器	device / tool / utensil / CL: 臺｜台


晚　　wǎn	晚 \| 晚* \| *晚	evening / night / late


成　　　Chéng	成 \| 成* \| *成	surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都


成　　　chéng	成 \| 成* \| *成	to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth