大器晚成

1. • lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) fig. a great talent matures slowly
2. • in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
3. • Rome wasn't built in a day

Character by character

• 大(dà)big
• 器(qì)device
• 晚(wǎn)evening
• 成(chéng)succeed