天下無難事

简 天下无难事 · 繁 天下無難事
Cantonese · source Jyutpingtin1 haa6 mou4 naan4 si6

Meanings

  1. nothing is impossible
  2. difficult in this world
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Same syllable, six tones

naannaan1—naan2—naan3—难naan4difficult赧naan5blushing with shamenaan6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: tian1 xia4 wu2 nan2 shi4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tin1 haa6 mou4 naan4 si6

Cantonese word readings for 天下無難事. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity天下無難事 天下无难事 [tian1 xia4 wu2 nan2 shi4] {tin1 haa6 mou4 naan4 si6} /nothing is impossible/ difficult in this world/

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