一暴十寒

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	ten	cold; poor; to tremble
simp. and trad. (一暴十寒)		一	暴	十	寒
variant forms		一曝十寒

Etymology

From the Mencius.

雖有天下易生之物也，一日暴之、十日寒之，未有能生者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

虽有天下易生之物也，一日暴之、十日寒之，未有能生者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mengzi (Mencius), circa 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Suī yǒu tiānxià yì shēng zhī wù yě, yīrì pù zhī, shírì hán zhī, wèi yǒu néng shēng zhě yě. [Pinyin]

Suppose the case of the most easily growing thing in the world; if you let it have one day's genial heat, and then expose it for ten days to cold, it will not be able to grow.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīpùshíhán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄆㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ buk⁶ sap⁶ hon⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīpùshíhán [Phonetic: yípùshíhán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄆㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipuhshyharn
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ buk⁶ sap⁶ hon⁴
  - Yale: yāt buhk sahp hòhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ buk⁹ sap⁹ hon⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bug⁶ seb⁶ hon⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pʊk̚² sɐp̚² hɔːn²¹/

Idiom

一暴十寒

to work hard for one day and do nothing for ten; to work by fits and starts

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