一暴十寒
Chinese
- one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)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]
- From: Mengzi (Mencius), circa 4th 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.
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.]
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