胸無大志

Chinese

		chest; bosom; heart chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax	not have	great determination; great ambition; great aspirations
trad. (胸無大志)		胸	無	大志
simp. (胸无大志)		胸	无	大志

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngwúdàzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ mou⁴ daai⁶ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngwúdàzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongwúdàjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-wu²-ta⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: syūng-wú-dà-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongwudahjyh
    • Palladius: сюнъудачжи (sjunʺudačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ mou⁴ daai⁶ zi³
    • Yale: hūng mòuh daaih ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ mou⁴ daai⁶ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ mou⁴ dai⁶ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡siː³³/

Idiom

胸無大志

1. to have no great ambitions or aspirations