天下沒有不散的筵席
简 天下没有不散的筵席 · 繁 天下沒有不散的筵席Meanings
- all good things must come to an end (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 下
- xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 沒
- méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 散
- sàn · scatter, disperse, break up
- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 筵
- yán · feast
- 席
- xí · seat; mat; take seat; banquet
- 没
- méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink
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Mandarin tones
1–4–2–3–4–4–5–2–2 · tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tin1 haa6 mut6 jau5 bat1 saan3 dik1 jin4 zik6
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proverb
- synonym of 天下沒有不散的宴席 /天下没有不散的宴席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí)
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