"出頭天" meaning in Chinese

See 出頭天 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/, /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ³³/ Chinese transliterations: chūtóutiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], chhut-thèu-thiên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], chhut-thâu-thiⁿ, chūtóutiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], chutóutian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chʻu¹-tʻou²-tʻien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], chū-tóu-tyān [Mandarin, Yale], chutourtian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чутоутянь [Mandarin, Palladius], čutoutjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], chhut-thèu-thiên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], cud^ˋ teu^ˇ tien^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], cud⁵ teu² tian¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], chhut-thâu-thiⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], tshut-thâu-thinn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhuttau'tvy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 出头天
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 出頭天
  1. (chiefly Hokkien, Hakka) to have a breakthrough; to get out of a difficult situation and succeed Tags: Hakka, Hokkien Synonyms: 出頭/出头 (chūtóu), 出頭 (chūtóu), 出头 (chūtóu) Related terms: 出人頭地 (chūréntóudì), 出人头地 (chūréntóudì)
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          "english": "In life's circumstances, even beggars can break through. Don't blame the heavens; don't accuse others. Good life and bad life, it's all life.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "ref": "1997, “世界第一等”, in 李安修, 陳富榮 (lyrics), 愛在刻骨銘心時, performed by 劉德華 [Andy Lau]:",
          "roman": "Jîn-seng ê khoân-kéng, khit-chia̍h mā ē chhut-thâu-thiⁿ, bo̍k oàn-thiⁿ, bo̍k iû-jîn, miā sūn miā bái lóng-sī it-seng.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "人生的環境,乞食嘛會出頭天,莫怨天,莫尤人,命順命歹攏是一生。",
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          "roman": "Jîn-seng ê khoân-kéng, khit-chia̍h mā ē chhut-thâu-thiⁿ, bo̍k oàn-thiⁿ, bo̍k iû-jîn, miā sūn miā bái lóng-sī it-seng.",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "text": "人生的环境,乞食嘛会出头天,莫怨天,莫尤人,命顺命歹拢是一生。",
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Hokkien, Hakka) to have a breakthrough; to get out of a difficult situation and succeed"
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      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "chūréntóudì",
          "word": "出人頭地"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chūréntóudì",
          "word": "出人头地"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "chūtóu",
          "word": "出頭/出头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chūtóu",
          "word": "出頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chūtóu",
          "word": "出头"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chūtóutiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thèu-thiên"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thâu-thiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chūtóutiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chutóutian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻu¹-tʻou²-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chū-tóu-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chutourtian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чутоутянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čutoutjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thèu-thiên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cud^ˋ teu^ˇ tien^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cud⁵ teu² tian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thâu-thiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshut-thâu-thinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuttau'tvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "出頭天"
}
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    {
      "form": "出头天",
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    }
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      "roman": "chūréntóudì",
      "word": "出人頭地"
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      "roman": "chūréntóudì",
      "word": "出人头地"
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        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In life's circumstances, even beggars can break through. Don't blame the heavens; don't accuse others. Good life and bad life, it's all life.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "1997, “世界第一等”, in 李安修, 陳富榮 (lyrics), 愛在刻骨銘心時, performed by 劉德華 [Andy Lau]:",
          "roman": "Jîn-seng ê khoân-kéng, khit-chia̍h mā ē chhut-thâu-thiⁿ, bo̍k oàn-thiⁿ, bo̍k iû-jîn, miā sūn miā bái lóng-sī it-seng.",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "text": "人生的環境,乞食嘛會出頭天,莫怨天,莫尤人,命順命歹攏是一生。",
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        },
        {
          "english": "In life's circumstances, even beggars can break through. Don't blame the heavens; don't accuse others. Good life and bad life, it's all life.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "1997, “世界第一等”, in 李安修, 陳富榮 (lyrics), 愛在刻骨銘心時, performed by 劉德華 [Andy Lau]:",
          "roman": "Jîn-seng ê khoân-kéng, khit-chia̍h mā ē chhut-thâu-thiⁿ, bo̍k oàn-thiⁿ, bo̍k iû-jîn, miā sūn miā bái lóng-sī it-seng.",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "text": "人生的环境,乞食嘛会出头天,莫怨天,莫尤人,命顺命歹拢是一生。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have a breakthrough; to get out of a difficult situation and succeed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breakthrough",
          "breakthrough"
        ],
        [
          "get out of",
          "get out of"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Hokkien, Hakka) to have a breakthrough; to get out of a difficult situation and succeed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chūtóutiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thèu-thiên"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thâu-thiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chūtóutiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chutóutian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻu¹-tʻou²-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chū-tóu-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chutourtian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чутоутянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čutoutjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thèu-thiên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cud^ˋ teu^ˇ tien^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cud⁵ teu² tian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhut-thâu-thiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshut-thâu-thinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuttau'tvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "chūtóu",
      "word": "出頭/出头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūtóu",
      "word": "出頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūtóu",
      "word": "出头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "出頭天"
}

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