好事多磨

Chinese

		good thing; happy event; joyous occasion	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (好事多磨)		好事	多	磨
simp. #(好事多磨)		好事	多	磨
alternative forms		好事多魔 obsolete
Literally: “good thing much grinding”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoshìduōmó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² si⁶ do¹ mo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoshìduōmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoshìhduomó
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-shih⁴-to¹-mo²
    • Yale: hǎu-shr̀-dwō-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyhduomo
    • Palladius: хаошидомо (xaošidomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² si⁶ do¹ mo⁴
    • Yale: hóu sih dō mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² si⁶ do¹ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² xi⁶ do¹ mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²² tɔː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/

Idiom

好事多磨

1. the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks