大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéngdaqiwancheng
- lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
- in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
- Rome wasn't built in a day
dà qì wǎn chéngdaqiwancheng
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