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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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談
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何
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容
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易
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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1/1
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1/2
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| Initial (聲)
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定 (7)
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匣 (33)
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以 (36)
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以 (36)
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| Final (韻)
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談 (143)
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歌 (94)
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鍾 (7)
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支 (11)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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I
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I
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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徒甘切
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胡歌切
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餘封切
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以豉切
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| Baxter
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dam
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ha
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yowng
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yeH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/dɑm/
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/ɦɑ/
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/jɨoŋ/
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/jiᴇH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/dɑm/
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/ɦɑ/
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/jioŋ/
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/jiɛH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/dɑm/
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/ɣɑ/
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/ioŋ/
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/jɛH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/dam/
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/ɦa/
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/juawŋ/
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/jiə̆H/
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Li
Rong
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/dɑm/
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/ɣɑ/
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/ioŋ/
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/ieH/
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Wang
Li
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/dɑm/
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/ɣɑ/
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/jĭwoŋ/
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/jǐeH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/dʱɑm/
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/ɣɑ/
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/i̯woŋ/
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/ie̯H/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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tán
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hé
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yóng
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yì
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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taam4
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ho4
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jung4
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ji6
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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談
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何
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容
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易
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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14292
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7458
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4284
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15029
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Phonetic
component
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炎
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可
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谷
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易
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Rime
group
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談
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歌
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東
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賜
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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談
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何
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容
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易
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'aːm/
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/*ɡaːl/
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/*loŋ/
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/*leːɡs/
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| Notes
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說文古文從公，
小徐作谷聲
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Etymology 1
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to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname |
rhetorical construct signifying emphasis in the negative; not tolerated; unacceptable
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easy; simple
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| trad. (談何容易)
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談
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何容
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易
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| simp. (谈何容易)
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谈
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何容
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易
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Phrase
談何容易
- (chiefly obsolete) it is no easy matter to give good advice (especially to one's superior); to speak is difficult
先生曰：「於戲，可乎哉？可乎哉？談何容易！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
先生曰：「於戏，可乎哉？可乎哉？谈何容易！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Xiānshēng yuē: “Wūhū, kě hū zāi? Kě hū zāi? Tán héróng yì!”
- "Alas! May I? I may not! Speeches to one's superior — those easily given will never be accepted!" said Mister Nobody.
賈生有言：「懇言則辭淺而不入，深言則逆耳而失指。」故曰：「談何容易。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
贾生有言：「恳言则辞浅而不入，深言则逆耳而失指。」故曰：「谈何容易。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: p. 73 BCE, Huan Kuan (桓寬) (editor). Discourses on Salt and Iron (《鹽鐵論》).
- Gǔshēng yǒu yán: “Kěnyán zé cíqiǎn ér bùrù, shēnyán zé nì'ěr ér shīzhǐ.” Gù yuē: “Tán héróng yì.”
- Jia Yi said: "Cordial speech tends to be superficial and fails to make an impact, but a penetrating comment grates on the ear and fails to deliver." Hence the saying, "no place for speech made at ease."
Etymology 2
Idiom
談何容易
- easier said than done