沾沾自喜

Chinese

simp. and trad. (沾沾自喜)		沾沾	自喜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhānzhānzìxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ ㄓㄢ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ zim¹ zi⁶ hei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiam-tiam-chū-hí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhānzhānzìxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ ㄓㄢ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhanjhanzìhsǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹-chan¹-tzŭ⁴-hsi³
    • Yale: jān-jān-dz̀-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janjantzyhshii
    • Palladius: чжаньчжаньцзыси (čžanʹčžanʹczysi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ zim¹ zi⁶ hei²
    • Yale: jīm jīm jih héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ dzim¹ dzi⁶ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ jim¹ ji⁶ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ t͡siːm⁵⁵ t͡siː²² hei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiam-tiam-chū-hí
    • Tâi-lô: tiam-tiam-tsū-hí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diamdiamzuxhie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁴⁴⁻²² tiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²⁻²¹ hi⁵³/

Idiom

沾沾自喜

1. to feel complacent; to be pleased with oneself

   不要沾沾自喜於一得之功。 [MSC, trad.]
   不要沾沾自喜于一得之功。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùyào zhānzhānzìxǐ yú yīdézhīgōng. [Pinyin]

   Don't be complacent over an occasional/minor/single success.

   • 庸俗的事務主義家不是這樣，他們尊重經驗而看輕理論，因而不能通觀客觀過程的全體，缺乏明確的方針，沒有遠大的前途，沾沾自喜於一得之功和一孔之見。 [MSC, trad.]
     庸俗的事务主义家不是这样，他们尊重经验而看轻理论，因而不能通观客观过程的全体，缺乏明确的方针，没有远大的前途，沾沾自喜于一得之功和一孔之见。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yōngsú de shìwùzhǔyìjiā bùshì zhèyàng, tāmen zūnzhòng jīngyàn ér kànqīng lǐlùn, yīn'ér bùnéng tōngguān kèguān guòchéng de quántǐ, quēfá míngquè de fāngzhēn, méiyǒu yuǎndà de qiántú, zhānzhānzìxǐ yú yīdézhīgōng hé yīkǒngzhījiàn. [Pinyin]

     As against this, vulgar “practical people” respect experience but despise theory, and therefore cannot have a comprehensive view of an entire objective process, lack clear direction and long-range perspective, and are complacent over occasional successes and glimpses of the truth.