英雄無用武之地

Chinese

		hero; heroic	not have	to resort to force; to use violence; to display one's abilities or talents	's; him/her/it; this	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (英雄無用武之地)		英雄	無	用武	之	地
simp. (英雄无用武之地)		英雄	无	用武	之	地
Literally: “a hero with no place to display their prowess”.

Etymology

From 「英雄無所用武」 in 《三國志·諸葛亮傳》.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīngxióng wú yòngwǔ zhī dì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄩㄥˋ ㄨˇ ㄓㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ hung⁴ mou⁴ jung⁶ mou⁵ zi¹ dei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngxióng wú yòngwǔ zhī dì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄩㄥˋ ㄨˇ ㄓㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingsyóng wú yòngwǔ jhih dì
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-hsiung² wu² yung⁴-wu³ chih¹ ti⁴
  - Yale: yīng-syúng wú yùng-wǔ jr̄ dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingshyong wu yonqwuu jy dih
  - Palladius: инсюн у юнъу чжи ди (insjun u junʺu čži di)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ u³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ hung⁴ mou⁴ jung⁶ mou⁵ zi¹ dei⁶
  - Yale: yīng hùhng mòuh yuhng móuh jī deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ hung⁴ mou⁴ jung⁶ mou⁵ dzi¹ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ hung⁴ mou⁴ yung⁶ mou⁵ ji¹ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ jʊŋ²² mou̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ tei̯²²/

Idiom

英雄無用武之地

(figuratively) to have no opportunity to display one's talents

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