百步穿楊

Chinese

		hundred	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	surname; poplar
trad. (百步穿楊)		百	步	穿	楊
simp. (百步穿杨)		百	步	穿	杨
Literally: “to shoot an arrow through a willow leaf at a hundred paces; to split a willow wand at a hundred paces”.

Etymology

Derived from the story of the archer 養由基 (Yang Youji) as presented in Zhan Guo Ce.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎibùchuānyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ bou⁶ cyun¹ joeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎibùchuānyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎibùchuanyáng
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-pu⁴-chʻuan¹-yang²
  - Yale: bǎi-bù-chwān-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baebuhchuanyang
  - Palladius: байбучуаньян (bajbučuanʹjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ bou⁶ cyun¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: baak bouh chyūn yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ bou⁶ tsyn¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ bou⁶ qun¹ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ pou̯²² t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

百步穿楊

(figurative, of archery, gun shooting, basketball, etc.) to shoot with great precision

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