古今多少事，都付笑談中

Chinese
ancient and modern; past and present; then and now
 
how many; how much; as much as
how many; how much; as much as; as many as
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
metropolis; capital city; all
metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
 pay to laugh and talk at the same time; joke
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (古今多少事，都付笑談中) 古今 多少 事 ， 都 付 笑談 中
simp. (古今多少事，都付笑谈中) 古今 多少 事 ， 都 付 笑谈 中

Etymology
  • From the last line of the opening poem of Romance of the Three Kingdoms
    Literally: How many things from past and present have they laughed and talked about with each other?

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕˋ , ㄉㄡ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng
      • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕˋ , ㄉㄡ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔjin duoshǎo shìh, dou fù siàotán jhong
      • Wade–Giles: ku3-chin1 to1-shao3 shih4, tou1 fu4 hsiao4-tʻan2 chung1
      • Yale: gǔ-jīn dwō-shǎu shr̀-, dōu fù syàu-tán jūng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guujin duoshao shyh, dou fuh shiawtarn jong
      • Palladius: гуцзинь дошао ши, доу фу сяотань чжун (guczinʹ došao ši, dou fu sjaotanʹ čžun)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

古今多少事，都付笑談中

  1. It is better to keep an open mind with respect to right and wrong or success and failure when evaluating historical developments.
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