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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 大器晚成 [ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ; da4 qi4 wan3 cheng2]
 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