天涯何處無芳草
简 天涯何处无芳草 · 繁 天涯何處無芳草Meanings
- there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 涯
- yá · shore, bank, water's edge
- 何
- hé · what, why, where, which, how
- 處
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- 無
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- 芳
- fāng · fragrant; virtuous; beautiful
- 草
- cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
- 处
- chù · place, locale; department
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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Mandarin tones
1–2–2–4–2–1–3 · tian1 ya2 he2 chu4 wu2 fang1 cao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tin1 ngaai4 ho4 cyu3 mou4 fong1 cou2 · tin1 ngaai4 ho4 cyu5 mou4 fong1 cou2
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proverb
- There is no need to be overly attached to one person or location, everything has something about it that is endearing.
- (of lost love) there are plenty of fish in the sea
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