春風得意

Chinese

		spring breeze; warm breeze in spring; favour spring breeze; warm breeze in spring; favour; grace	successful; smug; proud successful; smug; proud; self-satisfied
trad. (春風得意)		春風	得意
simp. (春风得意)		春风	得意

Etymology

Coined by Meng Jiao, a famous poet in the Tang dynasty. See 走馬觀花／走马观花.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūnfēngdéyì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ fung¹ dak¹ ji³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-fûng-tet-yi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūnfēngdéyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chunfongdéyì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-fêng¹-tê²-i⁴
  - Yale: chwūn-fēng-dé-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenfengderyih
  - Palladius: чуньфэндэи (čunʹfɛndɛi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ fung¹ dak¹ ji³
  - Yale: chēun fūng dāk yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ fung¹ dak⁷ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ fung¹ deg¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-fûng-tet-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ fung^ˊ ded^ˋ i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ fung¹ ded⁵ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ fuŋ²⁴ tet̚² i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-fûng-tet-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ fung^ˊ ded^ˋ (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ fung¹ ded⁵ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ fuŋ²⁴ tet̚² (j)i⁵⁵/

Idiom

春風得意

to ride high; to feel pleasant because of success