時勢造英雄

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See also: 时势造英雄

Chinese

current situation; time
to make; to build; to invent
to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture
 
 hero; heroic
trad. (時勢造英雄) 時勢 造 英雄
simp. (时势造英雄) 时势 造 英雄

Etymology

From Liang Qichao's Biography of Li Hongzhang (《李鴻章傳》):

時勢造英雄，英雄亦造時勢。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
时势造英雄，英雄亦造时势。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Shíshì zào yīngxióng, yīngxióng yì zào shíshì.
The time creates the hero, yet the hero also creates the time.

Pronunciation

Idiom

時勢造英雄

  1. the time creates the hero

Descendants

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