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大器晚成
 
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dà qì wǎn chéng
  • lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom)
  • fig. a great talent matures slowly
  • in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
  • Rome wasn't built in a day

大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng

大器晚成
1 本指大的器具非一朝一夕可完成。语出《老子.第四一章》:「大方无隅,大器晚成。」后引申指一个人的成就较晚。《儒林外史.第四九回》:「二位先生高才久屈,将来定是大器晚成的。」

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