甘井先竭

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	warn; well	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	exhaust
trad. (甘井先竭)		甘	井	先	竭
simp. #(甘井先竭)		甘	井	先	竭

Etymology

From 莊子/山木.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānjǐngxiānjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānjǐngxiānjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganjǐngsianjié
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-ching³-hsien¹-chieh²
    • Yale: gān-jǐng-syān-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjiingshianjye
    • Palladius: ганьцзинсяньцзе (ganʹczinsjanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Idiom

甘井先竭

1. highly-skilled men are the first to be exhausted

Descendants

• → Japanese: 甘井先ず竭く (kansei mazu tsuku) (calque)