比肩而立

More information and; as well as; but (not)and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast), set up; to stand ...

		to have shoulders side by side; shoulder to shoulder	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	set up; to stand
trad. (比肩而立)		比肩	而	立
simp. ^#(比肩而立)		比肩	而	立

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Etymology

From Zhan Guo Ce:

寡人聞之，千里而一士，是比肩而立，百世而一聖，若隨踵而至也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

寡人闻之，千里而一士，是比肩而立，百世而一圣，若随踵而至也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

Guǎrén wén zhī, qiānlǐ ér yī shì, shì bǐjiān'érlì, bǎishì ér yī shèng, ruò suízhǒng ér zhì yě. [Pinyin]

I have heard that if there is one scholar every thousand li, it is [as if] they were standing shoulder next to shoulder; if there is one wise man every hundred years, it is as if they were coming foot following foot.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐjiān'érlì, bìjiān'érlì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐjiān'érlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐjian-érlì
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-chien¹-êrh²-li⁴
  - Yale: bǐ-jyān-ér-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biijianerllih
  - Palladius: бицзяньэрли (biczjanʹerli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìjiān'érlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìjian-érlì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chien¹-êrh²-li⁴
  - Yale: bì-jyān-ér-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjianerllih
  - Palladius: бицзяньэрли (biczjanʹerli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/

Idiom

比肩而立

to stand right next to one another