馬到成功

See also: 马到成功

Chinese

		horse; surname	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful; to complete a task
trad. (馬到成功)		馬	到	成功
simp. (马到成功)		马	到	成功
Literally: “[As soon as] the horse arrives [to the battlefield], there is success.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎdào-chénggōng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ dou³ sing⁴ gung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎdào-chénggōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎdàochénggong
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-tao⁴-chʻêng²-kung¹
  - Yale: mǎ-dàu-chéng-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadawchernggong
  - Palladius: мадаочэнгун (madaočɛngun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ dou³ sing⁴ gung¹
  - Yale: máh dou sìhng gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ dou³ sing⁴ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ dou³ xing⁴ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ tou̯³³ sɪŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

馬到成功

to instantly succeed

Synonyms

(chiefly Cantonese) 馬到功成／马到功成 (mǎdào-gōngchéng)

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