woods; forest; grove
big; great; hugebig; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
what; something
bird
metropolis; capital city; allmetropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
to have; there is; there areto have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (林子大了，什麼鳥都有)
林子
大
了
，
什麼
鳥
都
有
simp. (林子大了，什么鸟都有)
林子
大
了
，
什么
鸟
都
有
Literally: “As a forest gets big, it will have all kinds of birds.”
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(Pinyin): línzi dà le, shénme niǎo dōu yǒu
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ , ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡ ㄧㄡˇ
Mandarin
(Standard Chinese)+
Hanyu Pinyin: línzi dà le, shénme niǎo dōu yǒu
Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ , ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡ ㄧㄡˇ
Tongyong Pinyin: línzi̊h dà le̊, shénme̊ niǎo dou yǒu
Wade–Giles: lin2-tzŭ5 ta4 lê5, shên2-mê5 niao3 tou1 yu3
Yale: lín-dz dà le-, shén-me nyǎu dōu yǒu
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin.tzy dah .le, shern.me neau dou yeou
Palladius: линьцзы да лэ, шэньмэ няо доу ю (linʹczy da lɛ, šɛnʹmɛ njao dou ju)
Sinological IPA (key): /lin³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ tä⁵¹ lə¹ ʂən³⁵ mə³ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Proverb
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林子大了，什麼鳥都有
there are all kinds of people in a large community
Synonyms
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樹大有枯枝／树大有枯枝 (shù dà yǒu kūzhī)