zhè / wèi / zuò / jiā / sì / shí / suì / cái / chū / bǎn / dì / yī / běn / shū / zhēn / shì / dà / qì / wǎn / chéng

这位作家四十岁才出版第一本书，真是大器晚成。

This writer did not publish a first book until the age of forty—a true example of late success.