時窮節乃見
Chinese
o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period |
exhausted; poor | festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate |
to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon |
to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview | ||
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| trad. (時窮節乃見) | 時 | 窮 | 節 | 乃 | 見 | |
| simp. (时穷节乃见) | 时 | 穷 | 节 | 乃 | 见 | |
| alternative forms | 時窮節乃現／时穷节乃现 | |||||
Etymology
From The Song of Righteousness by 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang):
- 時窮節乃見，一一垂丹青。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1281, 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang), 《正氣歌》
- Shíqióngjiénǎixiàn, yīyī chuí dānqīng. [Pinyin]
- Only when times are extreme will one's integrity be manifested, and go down in history case after case.
时穷节乃见，一一垂丹青。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
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