退一步海闊天空

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See also: 退一步海阔天空

Chinese

		to take a step back	the sea and the sky is expansive and boundless; as boundless as the sea and sky
trad. (退一步海闊天空)		退一步	海闊天空
simp. (退一步海阔天空)		退一步	海阔天空
Literally: “Take one step back, (and you will see) the vastness of the sea and sky”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶ hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuèi yi bù hǎikuòtiankong
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴ i¹ pu⁴ hai³-kʻuo⁴-tʻien¹-kʻung¹
  - Yale: twèi yī bù hǎi-kwò-tyān-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuey i buh haekuohtiankong
  - Palladius: туй и бу хайкотянькун (tuj i bu xajkotjanʹkun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶ hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹
  - Yale: teui yāt bouh hói fut tīn hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶ hoi² fut⁸ tin¹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu³ yed¹ bou⁶ hoi² fud³ tin¹ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

退一步海闊天空

Yielding (taking a step back) to someone else may make life much easier.

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