人無千日好，花無百日紅

See also: 人无千日好，花无百日红

Chinese

		man; person; people	not have	thousand	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	good; well; be fond of		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	not have	hundred	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (人無千日好，花無百日紅)		人	無	千	日	好	，	花	無	百	日	紅
simp. (人无千日好，花无百日红)		人	无	千	日	好	，	花	无	百	日	红

Etymology

Literally: There is no person that has 1000 good days (in a row), and no flower that stays red for 100 days.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén wú qiān rì hǎo, huā wú bǎi rì hóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖˋ ㄏㄠˇ , ㄏㄨㄚ ㄨˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄖˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mou⁴ cin¹ jat⁶ hou², faa¹ mou⁴ baak³ jat⁶ hung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén wú qiān rì hǎo, huā wú bǎi rì hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖˋ ㄏㄠˇ , ㄏㄨㄚ ㄨˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄖˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén wú cian rìh hǎo, hua wú bǎi rìh hóng
    • Wade–Giles: jên² wu² chʻien¹ jih⁴ hao³, hua¹ wu² pai³ jih⁴ hung²
    • Yale: rén wú chyān r̀ hǎu-, hwā wú bǎi r̀ húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren wu chian ryh hao, hua wu bae ryh horng
    • Palladius: жэнь у цянь жи хао, хуа у бай жи хун (žɛnʹ u cjanʹ ži xao, xua u baj ži xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ u³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ mou⁴ cin¹ jat⁶ hou², faa¹ mou⁴ baak³ jat⁶ hung⁴
    • Yale: yàhn mòuh chīn yaht hóu, fā mòuh baak yaht hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mou⁴ tsin¹ jat⁹ hou², faa¹ mou⁴ baak⁸ jat⁹ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ mou⁴ qin¹ yed⁶ hou², fa¹ mou⁴ bag³ yed⁶ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐt̚² hou̯³⁵ faː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ paːk̚³ jɐt̚² hʊŋ²¹/

Proverb

人無千日好，花無百日紅

1. Nothing good lasts forever; all good things must come to an end.