獨燕不成夏

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	swallow (bird); surname; place name	to not form; to not constitute; unsuccessful	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (獨燕不成夏)		獨	燕	不成	夏
simp. (独燕不成夏)		独	燕	不成	夏

Etymology

Calque of English one swallow does not a summer make.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúyānbùchéngxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúyānbùchéngxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúyanbùchéngsià
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-yen¹-pu⁴-chʻêng²-hsia⁴
    • Yale: dú-yān-bù-chéng-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuianbucherngshiah
    • Palladius: дуяньбучэнся (dujanʹbučɛnsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Idiom

獨燕不成夏

1. one swallow does not a summer make

Synonyms

• 孤燕不成夏 (gūyànbùchéngxià)
• 一燕不成夏 (yīyànbùchéngxià)