星火燎原

Chinese

		spark; meteor	to set the prairie ablaze
trad. (星火燎原)		星火	燎原
simp. ^#(星火燎原)		星火	燎原

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnghuǒliáoyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnghuǒliáoyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singhuǒliáoyuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsing¹-huo³-liao²-yüan²
  - Yale: syīng-hwǒ-lyáu-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinghuooliauyuan
  - Palladius: синхоляоюань (sinxoljaojuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

Proverb

星火燎原

an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
(literally) even a spark can set the prairie blaze

See also

星星之火，可以燎原 (xīngxīng zhī huǒ, kěyǐ liáoyuán)
燎原之火

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