心寬體胖
Chinese
| heart; mind | lenient; wide; broad | body; form; style body; form; style; system |
fat; plump | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (心寬體胖) | 心 | 寬 | 體 | 胖 | |
| simp. (心宽体胖) | 心 | 宽 | 体 | 胖 | |
Etymology
From the Great Learning (《大學》) in the Book of Rites:
- 富潤屋，德潤身，心廣體胖，故君子必誠其意。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Fù rùn wū, dé rùn shēn, xīn guǎng tǐ pán, gù jūnzǐ bì chéng qí yì. [Pinyin]
- Riches adorn a house, and virtue adorns the person. The mind is expanded, and the body is at ease. Therefore, the superior man must make his thoughts sincere.
富润屋，德润身，心广体胖，故君子必诚其意。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): xīnkuāntǐpán
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨㄢ ㄊㄧˇ ㄆㄢˊ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkuāntǐpán
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨㄢ ㄊㄧˇ ㄆㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sinkuantǐpán
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-kʻuan1-tʻi3-pʻan2
- Yale: syīn-kwān-tǐ-pán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkuantiiparn
- Palladius: синькуаньтипань (sinʹkuanʹtipanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu̯än⁵⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
心寬體胖