由淺入深

Chinese

		follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)	shallow; sound of moving water	to enter	deep; profound
trad. (由淺入深)		由	淺	入	深
simp. (由浅入深)		由	浅	入	深

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuqiǎnrùshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ cin² jap⁶ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuqiǎnrùshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuciǎnrùshen
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-chʻien³-ju⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: yóu-chyǎn-rù-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youcheanruhshen
    • Palladius: юцяньжушэнь (jucjanʹžušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ cin² jap⁶ sam¹
    • Yale: yàuh chín yahp sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsin² jap⁹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ qin² yeb⁶ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn³⁵ jɐp̚² sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

由淺入深

1. from the shallower to the deeper; from the elementary to the profound

   • 因此，人們的認識，不論對於自然界方面，對於社會方面，也都是一步又一步地由低級向高級發展，即由淺入深，由片面到更多的方面。 [MSC, trad.]
     因此，人们的认识，不论对于自然界方面，对于社会方面，也都是一步又一步地由低级向高级发展，即由浅入深，由片面到更多的方面。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīncǐ, rénmen de rènshi, bùlùn duìyú zìránjiè fāngmiàn, duìyú shèhuì fāngmiàn, yě dōu shì yībù yòu yībù de yóu dījí xiàng gāojí fāzhǎn, jí yóuqiǎnrùshēn, yóu piànmiàn dào gèng duō de fāngmiàn. [Pinyin]

     Consequently, human knowledge, whether of nature or of society, also develops step by step from a lower to a higher level, that is, from the shallower to the deeper, from the one-sided to the many-sided.

Usage notes

Used to describe lewd scenes in some Qing dynasty novels.