大器晚成
Meanings
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- 1.lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
- 2.in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
- 3.Rome wasn't built in a day
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Wiktionary
- 1.a great talent takes time to mature; in the fullness of time, a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
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Etymology
From Tao Te Ching, Chapter 41
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Stroke order
Components
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