好景不長

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎojǐngbùcháng [Phonetic: háojǐngbùcháng]
    • 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

1. 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... [Pinyin]

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

Synonyms

• 好景不常 (hǎojǐngbùcháng)