十月懷胎，一朝分娩

Chinese

October; The modern name of the tenth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. to be pregnant one day; unexpected occasion in the future to give birth; to deliver a child; to go into labour
trad. (十月懷胎，一朝分娩) 十月 懷胎 ， 一朝 分娩
simp. (十月怀胎，一朝分娩) 十月 怀胎 ， 一朝 分娩

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shíyuè huáitāi, yīzhāo fēnmiǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄊㄞ , ㄧ ㄓㄠ ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: shíyuè huáitāi, yīzhāo fēnmiǎn [Phonetic: shíyuè huáitāi, yìzhāo fēnmiǎn]
      • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄊㄞ , ㄧ ㄓㄠ ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyuè huáitai, yijhao fenmiǎn
      • Wade–Giles: shih2-yüeh4 huai2-tʻai1, i1-chao1 fên1-mien3
      • Yale: shŕ-ywè hwái-tāi-, yī-jāu fēn-myǎn
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryueh hwaitai, ijau fenmean
      • Palladius: шиюэ хуайтай, ичжао фэньмянь (šijue xuajtaj, ičžao fɛnʹmjanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

十月懷胎，一朝分娩

  1. (figuratively) to prepare for something a long time, before it happening at once
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