大器晚成 — Chinese idiom
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
Meaning
- lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot ; fig. a great talent matures slowly
- in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
- Rome wasn't built in a day
Character by character
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 器qìdevice, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
- 晚wǎnnight, evening; late
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
Idioms sharing a character
- 不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ
- 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng
- 倾盆大雨 qīng pén dà yǔ
- 元恶大憝 yuán è dà duì
- 冒大不韪 mào dà bù wěi
- 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān
- 勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù
- 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
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