CANTONESE ↔ ENGLISH · CC-CANTO
人無千日好，花無百日紅
简 人无千日好，花无百日红 · 繁 人無千日好，花無百日紅Cantonese · source Jyutpingjan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2, faa1 mou4 baak3 jat6 hung4
Meanings
- all good things come to an end [written and colloquial]
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ren2 wu2 qian1 ri4 hao3, hua1wu2bai3ri4hong2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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