金玉滿堂

Chinese

		gold and jade; treasured thing; ornate object	the whole hall or house; all the audience; the whole assemblage
trad. (金玉滿堂)		金玉	滿堂
simp. (金玉满堂)		金玉	满堂
Literally: “to have a house filled with gold and jade”.

Etymology

From Tao Te Ching:

金玉滿堂，莫之能守；富貴而驕，自遺其咎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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金玉满堂，莫之能守；富贵而骄，自遗其咎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jīnyùmǎntáng, mò zhī néng shǒu; fùguì ér jiāo, zì yí qí jiù. [Pinyin]

When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyùmǎntáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄇㄢˇ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ juk⁶ mun⁵ tong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyùmǎntáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄇㄢˇ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyùmǎntáng
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yü⁴-man³-tʻang²
    • Yale: jīn-yù-mǎn-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyuhmaantarng
    • Palladius: цзиньюйманьтан (czinʹjujmanʹtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ juk⁶ mun⁵ tong⁴
    • Yale: gām yuhk múhn tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ juk⁹ mun⁵ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yug⁶ mun⁵ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚² muːn¹³ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

金玉滿堂

1. extremely rich

   • 王長史謂林公：『真長可謂金玉滿堂。』 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     王长史谓林公：『真长可谓金玉满堂。』 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Wáng chángshǐ wèi Lín gōng: ‘Zhēn cháng kěwèi jīnyùmǎntáng.’ [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 富可敵國／富可敌国 (fùkědíguó)

Antonyms

• 家貧如洗／家贫如洗
• 一貧如洗／一贫如洗 (yīpínrúxǐ)

References

• “Entry #94351”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.