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 ◄ ►