條條大路通羅馬

Chinese

			wide road; wide boulevard; main road wide road; wide boulevard; main road; mainstream; ordinary	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	Rome; Roman
trad. (條條大路通羅馬)		條條	大路	通	羅馬
simp. (条条大路通罗马)		条条	大路	通	罗马

Etymology

Calque of English all roads lead to Rome.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ tiu⁴ daai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáo dàlù tong Luómǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-tʻiao² ta⁴-lu⁴ tʻung¹ Lo²-ma³
  - Yale: tyáu-tyáu dà-lù tūng Lwó-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyau dahluh tong Luomaa
  - Palladius: тяотяо далу тун Лома (tjaotjao dalu tun Loma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ daai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ maa⁵
  - Yale: tìuh tìuh daaih louh tūng lòh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ daai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ dai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹ taːi̯²² lou̯²² tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ maː¹³/

Proverb

條條大路通羅馬

all roads lead to Rome

Synonyms

殊途同歸／殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī)

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