百發百中
Chinese
| hundred | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop |
hundred | middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
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| trad. (百發百中) | 百 | 發 | 百 | 中 | |
| simp. (百发百中) | 百 | 发 | 百 | 中 | |
| Literally: “a hundred shots, a hundred bull's-eyes”. | |||||
Etymology
From Zhanguo Ce:
- 楚有養由基者，善射。去柳葉百步而射之，百發百中，左右皆曰善。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
- Chǔ yǒu Yǎng Yóujī zhě, shàn shè. Qù liǔyè bǎi bù ér shè zhī, bǎi fā bǎi zhòng, zuǒyòu jiē yuē shàn. [Pinyin]
- In the state of Chu there was Yang Youji, a renowned archer. After having walked one hundred paces away, he would shoot at willow-leaves, shooting one hundred times and hitting one hundred times. All the onlookers said he was really a sharpshooter.
楚有养由基者，善射。去柳叶百步而射之，百发百中，左右皆曰善。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bǎifābǎizhòng
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄚ ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baak3 faat3 baak3 zung3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-hoat-pek-tiòng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǎifābǎizhòng
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄚ ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎifabǎijhòng
- Wade–Giles: pai3-fa1-pai3-chung4
- Yale: bǎi-fā-bǎi-jùng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baefabaejonq
- Palladius: байфабайчжун (bajfabajčžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak3 faat3 baak3 zung3
- Yale: baak faat baak jung
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak8 faat8 baak8 dzung3
- Guangdong Romanization: bag3 fad3 bag3 zung3
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚³ faːt̚³ paːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-hoat-pek-tiòng
- Tâi-lô: pik-huat-pik-tiòng
- Phofsit Daibuun: pekhoatpekdioxng
- IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³² piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
百發百中
- (literally, figuratively) every shot hits the target; to shoot with unfailing accuracy; to be a crack shot
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
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| 百 | 發 | 百 | 中 |
| ひゃく > ひゃっ Grade: 1 |
はつ > ぱつ Hyōgai |
ひゃく Grade: 1 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |||
| For pronunciation and definitions of 百發百中 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 百發百中, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |||
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| 百 | 發 | 百 | 中 |
Phrase
百發百中
- chữ Hán form of bách phát bách trúng (“a hundred shots, a hundred hits”)