無遠弗屆

Chinese

		not have	far; distant; remote	not	arrive at (place or time); period; to become due arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; measure words for events (e.g., meetings, elections)
trad. (無遠弗屆)		無	遠	弗	屆
simp. (无远弗届)		无	远	弗	届

Etymology

惟德動天，無遠弗屆，滿招損，謙受益，時乃天道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

惟德动天，无远弗届，满招损，谦受益，时乃天道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

Wéi dé dòng tiān, wú yuǎn fú jiè, mǎn zhāosǔn，qiān shòuyì, shí nǎi tiāndào. [Pinyin]

It is virtue that moves Heaven; there is no distance to which it does not reach. Pride brings loss, and humility receives increase - this is the way of Heaven.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúyuǎnfújiè

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jyun⁵ fat¹ gaai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúyuǎnfújiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúyuǎnfújiè
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-yüan³-fu²-chieh⁴
  - Yale: wú-ywǎn-fú-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyeuanfwujieh
  - Palladius: уюаньфуцзе (ujuanʹfucze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ jyun⁵ fat¹ gaai³
  - Yale: mòuh yúhn fāt gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jyn⁵ fat⁷ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yun⁵ fed¹ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jyːn¹³ fɐt̚⁵ kaːi̯³³/

Idiom

無遠弗屆

to be able to reach everywhere, regardless of distances

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