好景不長

Chinese

			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
variant forms		好景不常

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎojǐngbùcháng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎojǐngbùcháng [Phonetic: háojǐngbùcháng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haojiingbucharng
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou³ ging² bat¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: hou gíng bāt chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ ging² bat⁷ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou³ ging² bed¹ cêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ kɪŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹/

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… / …然而好景不长… ― ... rán'ér hǎojǐngbùcháng... ― ... However, good things do not last long, ...

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