夜長夢多

See also: 夜长梦多

Chinese

		night	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	to dream	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (夜長夢多)		夜	長	夢	多
simp. (夜长梦多)		夜	长	梦	多
Literally: “a long night is fraught with dreams”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèchángmèngduō

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ coeng⁴ mung⁶ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèchángmèngduō
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèchángmèngduo
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-chʻang²-mêng⁴-to¹
    • Yale: yè-cháng-mèng-dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehcharngmenqduo
    • Palladius: ечанмэндо (ječanmɛndo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ coeng⁴ mung⁶ do¹
    • Yale: yeh chèuhng muhng dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ tsoeng⁴ mung⁶ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ cêng⁴ mung⁶ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mʊŋ²² tɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

夜長夢多

1. if a situation drags on, something unfavourable may happen