福大命大造化大

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	lucky	nature; the natural world; good luck	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (福大命大造化大)		福	大	命大	造化	大
simp. ^#(福大命大造化大)		福	大	命大	造化	大
Literally: “lucky, lucky, lucky (using three different synonyms)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fú dà mìng dà zàohua dà

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚㄉㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fú dà mìng dà zàohua dà
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fú dà mìng dà zàohuå dà
  - Wade–Giles: fu² ta⁴ ming⁴ ta⁴ tsao⁴-hua⁵ ta⁴
  - Yale: fú dà mìng dà dzàu-hwa dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu dah minq dah tzaw.hua dah
  - Palladius: фу да мин да цзаохуа да (fu da min da czaoxua da)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä¹ tä⁵¹/

Idiom

福大命大造化大

(colloquial) to be extremely fortunate and blessed
- 他多次歷險卻大難不死，按照我們中國人的傳統說法，他真的夠得上是「福大、命大、造化大」。 [MSC, trad.]
  他多次历险却大难不死，按照我们中国人的传统说法，他真的够得上是「福大、命大、造化大」。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2008: Living Green Dragon (在世青龙), 无法用科学解释的“福大命大”！图文集
  Tā duō cì lìxiǎn què dànànbùsǐ, ànzhào wǒmen zhōngguórén de chuántǒng shuōfǎ, tā zhēnde gòudeshàng shì “fú dà, mìng dà, zàohua dà”. [Pinyin]
  He escaped death many times. According to the traditional Chinese saying, he really is "lucky, lucky, lucky."

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