時窮節乃見

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	exhausted; poor	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (時窮節乃見)		時	窮	節	乃	見
simp. (时穷节乃见)		时	穷	节	乃	见
alternative forms		時窮節乃現／时穷节乃现

Etymology

From The Song of Righteousness by 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang):

時窮節乃見，一一垂丹青。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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时穷节乃见，一一垂丹青。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 1281, 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang), 《正氣歌》

Shíqióngjiénǎixiàn, yīyī chuí dānqīng. [Pinyin]

Only when times are extreme will one's integrity be manifested, and go down in history case after case.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíqióngjiénǎixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ kung⁴ zit³ naai⁵ jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíqióngjiénǎixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcyóngjiénǎisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻiung²-chieh²-nai³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-chyúng-jyé-nǎi-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchyongjyenaeshiann
    • Palladius: шицюнцзенайсянь (šicjunczenajsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ kung⁴ zit³ naai⁵ jin⁶
    • Yale: sìh kùhng jit náaih yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ kung⁴ dzit⁸ naai⁵ jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ kung⁴ jid³ nai⁵ yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³ naːi̯¹³ jiːn²²/

Proverb

時窮節乃見

1. only at perilous times will one's integrity be tested and manifested