既生瑜，何生亮
jì​shēng​yú​hé​shēng​liàng

since Zhou Yu was born, why was Zhuge Liang also born?

  • created reference approved 既生瑜，何生亮 → 人外有人，天外有天 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    既生瑜，何生亮 jì​shēng​yú​hé​shēng​liàng

    人外有人，天外有天 rén​wài​yǒu​rén​tiān​wài​yǒu​tiān

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  • created sense approved 既生瑜，何生亮 · jì​shēng​yú​hé​shēng​liàng · since Zhou Yu was born, why was Zhuge Liang also born? — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    既生瑜，何生亮

    jì​shēng​yú​hé​shēng​liàng

    since Zhou Yu was born, why was Zhuge Liang also born?

    A proverb used to express frustration that there is always someone more talented than oneself. It originates from the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where the general Zhou Yu laments his inability to outsmart his rival Zhuge Liang before dying

    既 (literal) → 既 · jì · since 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to be born 瑜 (literal) → 瑜 · yú · [surname] ， (non_chinese) 何 (literal) → 何 · hé · why 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to be born 亮 (literal) → 亮 · liàng · surname

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