漸入佳境

Chinese

		gradual; gradually; imbue	to enter	scenic spot; lovely landscape; consummate state scenic spot; lovely landscape; consummate state; the most pleasurable or enjoyable part
trad. (漸入佳境)		漸	入	佳境
simp. (渐入佳境)		渐	入	佳境

Etymology

From an episode in the seventh-century history Book of Jin, concerning the famous painter Gu Kaizhi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànrùjiājìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim⁶ jap⁶ gaai¹ ging²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiām-ji̍p-ka-kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànrùjiājìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànrùjiajìng
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-ju⁴-chia¹-ching⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-rù-jyā-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannruhjiajinq
    • Palladius: цзяньжуцзяцзин (czjanʹžuczjaczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim⁶ jap⁶ gaai¹ ging²
    • Yale: jihm yahp gāai gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim⁶ jap⁹ gaai¹ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim⁶ yeb⁶ gai¹ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm²² jɐp̚² kaːi̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiām-ji̍p-ka-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiām-ji̍p-ka-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxmjibka'keang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam³³⁻²¹ zip̚⁴⁻³² ka⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/

Idiom

漸入佳境

1. to start doing well; to be getting better

Korean

Hanja in this term
漸	入	佳	境

Noun

漸入佳境 • (jeomipgagyeong) (hangeul 점입가경)

1. Hanja form^? of 점입가경 (“the more you go, the more distasteful or repulsive it is”).