比肩而立

Chinese

		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

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。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]

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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。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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 ㄐㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐjiān'érlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄦˊ 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 ㄐㄧㄢ ㄦˊ 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

1. to stand right next to one another