甘井先竭

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	warn; well	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	exhaust
simp. and trad. (甘井先竭)		甘	井	先	竭

Etymology

From 莊子/山木.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānjǐngxiānjié

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gānjǐngxiānjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjiingshianjye
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganjǐngsianjié
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/

Idiom

甘井先竭

highly-skilled men are the first to be exhausted

Descendants

Japanese: 甘井先 (かんせいま)ず竭 (つ)く (kansei mazu tsuku)

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