佳人薄命

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Chinese

		beautiful woman; good person	born under an unlucky star; born unlucky; ill-fated
trad. (佳人薄命)		佳人	薄命
simp. ^#(佳人薄命)		佳人	薄命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiārénbómìng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiārénbómìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiarénbómìng
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-jên²-po²-ming⁴
  - Yale: jyā-rén-bwó-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiarenborminq
  - Palladius: цзяжэньбомин (czjažɛnʹbomin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

佳人薄命

a fair lady's destiny is thin indeed; whom the gods love die young

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佳人薄命):

→ Japanese: 佳人薄命(かじんはくめい) (kajin hakumei)
→ Korean: 가인박명(佳人薄命) (gainbangmyeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳	人	薄	命
か Grade: S	じん Grade: 1	はく Grade: S	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese: 自古紅顏多薄命

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

佳(か)人(じん)薄(はく)命(めい) • (kajinhakumei)

Whom the gods love dies young. Lit. A fair lady's destiny is thin indeed.

Synonyms

美人薄命

References

The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.

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