甘井先竭

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	warn; well	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	exhaust
trad. (甘井先竭)		甘	井	先	竭
simp. ^#(甘井先竭)		甘	井	先	竭

Etymology

From 莊子/山木.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānjǐngxiānjié

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānjǐngxiānjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganjǐngsianjié
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-ching³-hsien¹-chieh²
  - Yale: gān-jǐng-syān-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjiingshianjye
  - Palladius: ганьцзинсяньцзе (ganʹczinsjanʹcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Idiom

甘井先竭

highly-skilled men are the first to be exhausted

Descendants

→ Japanese: 甘井先ず竭く (kansei mazu tsuku) (calque)

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