伯樂

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (伯樂)		伯	樂
simp. (伯乐)		伯	乐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bólè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bólè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bólè
    • Wade–Giles: Po²-lê⁴
    • Yale: Bwó-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borleh
    • Palladius: Болэ (Bolɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak³ lok⁶
    • Yale: baak lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ lɔːk̚²/

Proper noun

伯樂

1. (historical) Bo Le (a horse tamer in the Spring and Autumn period)

   • 世有伯樂，然後有千里馬。千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     世有伯乐，然后有千里马。千里马常有，而伯乐不常有。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Yu, On Horses (馬說)

     Shì yǒu Bólè, ránhòu yǒu qiānlǐmǎ. Qiānlǐmǎ cháng yǒu, ér Bólè bù cháng yǒu. [Pinyin]

     There was Bo Le at first, and then there were thousand-mile horses. There are often thousand-mile horses, but there aren't always people (who can judge good horses) like Bo Le.

Derived terms

• 伯樂一顧／伯乐一顾 (Bó Lè yī gù)
• 伯樂相馬／伯乐相马 (Bó Lè xiàng mǎ)
• 伯樂顧／伯乐顾

 

Noun

伯樂

1. (figurative) good judge of talent; talent scout