Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「大器晚成」 and how it’s used.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「大器晚成」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Daqi: a metaphor for great talent. It means that people who can shoulder important responsibilities have to go through long-term training, so they achieve success later. It is also used as a comfort to those who have been unsuccessful for a long time.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dà qì wǎn chéng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
daai6 hei3 maan5 sing4
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