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jinˎ₄
Pinyin
yan1
Translations
noun
here; this (showing certainty, query or exclamation)
noun
only after; only then; not until
ziˉ¹co˗₃nangˎ₄goiˊ²sinˍ₆mokˍ₆daaiˍ₆jinˎ₄
(知错能改,善莫大焉)
Pinyin
zhi1 cuo4 neng2 gai3 shan4 mo4 da4 yan1
Translations
noun
there is nothing better than to both acknowedge your mistakes and also change
coi˗₃jungˉ¹satˉ¹maaˏ₅,jinˉ¹ziˉ¹feiˉ¹fukˉ¹
(塞翁失马,焉知非福)
Pinyin
sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
Translations
noun
塞翁失馬
noun
misfortune may be a blessing in disguise; every cloud has a silver lining; a loss sometimes spells a gain
noun
old frontiersman lost his horse, how would one know it was not a blessing.
batˉ¹japˍ₆fuˊ²jyutˍ₆jinˉ¹dakˉ¹fuˊ²ziˊ²
Pinyin
bu4 ru4 hu3 xue2 yan1 de2 hu3 zi3
Translations
noun
how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair ?
noun
nothing venture, nothing gain; no pains, no gain; he who would search for pearls must dive below
jinˉ¹ziˉ¹
Pinyin
yan1 zhi1
Translations
noun
how is one to know
binˉ¹douˍ₆
Pinyin
yan1 dao4
Translations
noun
where
noun
where [colloquial]