好景不長

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Chinese

		good times	not; no	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (好景不長)		好景	不	長
simp. (好景不长)		好景	不	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎojǐngbùcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ ging² bat¹ coeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎojǐngbùcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎojǐngbùcháng
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-ching³-pu⁴-chʻang²
  - Yale: hǎu-jǐng-bù-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haojiingbucharng
  - Palladius: хаоцзинбучан (xaoczinbučan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou³ ging² bat¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: hou gíng bāt chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ ging² bat⁷ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou³ ging² bed¹ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ kɪŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

好景不長

good things do not last forever

Usage notes

This is usually used to introduce an unfavourable event, after an adversative conjunction, e.g.

…然而好景不長… [MSC, trad.]
…然而好景不长… [MSC, simp.]

... rán'ér hǎojǐngbùcháng...

... However, good things do not last long, ...

Synonyms

好景不常 (hǎojǐngbùcháng)

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