長江後浪推前浪

Chinese

		long river; Yangtze River	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated	push; refuse (responsibility); shove	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (長江後浪推前浪)		長江	後	浪	推	前	浪
simp. (长江后浪推前浪)		长江	后	浪	推	前	浪
Literally: “In the Yangtze River the waves behind push on those ahead.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chángjiāng hòulàng tuī qiánlàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ gong¹ hau⁶ long⁶ teoi¹ cin⁴ long⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chángjiāng hòulàng tuī qiánlàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chángjiang hòulàng tuei ciánlàng
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻang²-chiang¹ hou⁴-lang⁴ tʻui¹ chʻien²-lang⁴
    • Yale: Cháng-jyāng hòu-làng twēi chyán-làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charngjiang howlanq tuei chyanlanq
    • Palladius: Чанцзян хоулан туй цяньлан (Čanczjan xoulan tuj cjanʹlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ lɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ gong¹ hau⁶ long⁶ teoi¹ cin⁴ long⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng gōng hauh lohng tēui chìhn lohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ gong¹ hau⁶ long⁶ toey¹ tsin⁴ long⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ gong¹ heo⁶ long⁶ têu¹ qin⁴ long⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² lɔːŋ²² tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ lɔːŋ²²/

Idiom

長江後浪推前浪

1. new things replace old things; the younger (new) generation replaces and surpasses the older (previous) generation

Synonyms

• 長江後浪催前浪／长江后浪催前浪