一日三秋

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	three	autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
simp. and trad. (一日三秋)		一	日	三	秋

Etymology

Short for 一日不見，如隔三秋／一日不见，如隔三秋 (yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīrìsānqiū

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄖˋ ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jat⁶ saam¹ cau¹
Min Nan (POJ): it-li̍t-sam-chhiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīrìsānqiū [Phonetic: yírìsānqiū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄖˋ ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryhsanchiou
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ jat⁶ saam¹ cau¹
  - Yale: yāt yaht sāam chāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jat⁹ saam¹ tsau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yed⁶ sam¹ ceo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² säːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-li̍t-sam-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: it-li̍t-sam-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itlidsamchiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴⁻³² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/

Idiom

一日三秋

A single day apart seems like three years.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	日	三	秋
いち Grade: 1	じつ Grade: 1	さん Grade: 1	しゅう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

一 (“one”) +‎ 日 (“day”) +‎ 三 (“three”) +‎ 秋 (“autumns”)

Noun

一日三秋 (hiragana いちじつさんしゅう, rōmaji ichijitsu sanshū)

waiting impatiently
time dragging on

Synonyms

一日千秋

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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