計日而待

See also: 计日而待

Chinese

		to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
trad. (計日而待)		計	日	而	待
simp. (计日而待)		计	日	而	待

Etymology

From Chu Shi Biao by 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang):

願陛下親之、信之，則漢室之隆，可計日而待也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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愿陛下亲之、信之，则汉室之隆，可计日而待也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》

Yuàn bìxià qīn zhī, xìn zhī, zé hànshì zhī lóng, kě jìrì'érdài yě. [Pinyin]

I hope that Your Majesty will be close to them and will place your faith in them. In this way, the revival of the Han dynasty will happen very soon.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìrì'érdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³ jat⁶ ji⁴ doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìrì'érdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìrìh-érdài
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-jih⁴-êrh²-tai⁴
    • Yale: jì-r̀-ér-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihryherlday
    • Palladius: цзижиэрдай (czižierdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³ jat⁶ ji⁴ doi⁶
    • Yale: gai yaht yìh doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³ jat⁹ ji⁴ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³ yed⁶ yi⁴ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³ jɐt̚² jiː²¹ tɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

計日而待

1. to be not a long way off

Synonyms

• 指日可待 (zhǐrìkědài)