患難見真情

See also: 患难见真情

Chinese

		adversities; troubles; dangers adversities; troubles; dangers; to suffer hardship; to experience adversities	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	real or true situation; facts; actual state of affairs real or true situation; facts; actual state of affairs; truth
trad. (患難見真情/患難見眞情)		患難	見	真情/眞情
simp. (患难见真情)		患难	见	真情
Literally: “Adversity allows one to see the true feelings of others.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ naan⁶ gin³ zan¹ cing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànnàn jiàn jhencíng
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-nan⁴ chien⁴ chên¹-chʻing²
    • Yale: hwàn-nàn jyàn jēn-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannnann jiann jenchyng
    • Palladius: хуаньнань цзянь чжэньцин (xuanʹnanʹ czjanʹ čžɛnʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁶ naan⁶ gin³ zan¹ cing⁴
    • Yale: waahn naahn gin jān chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ naan⁶ gin³ dzan¹ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ nan⁶ gin³ zen¹ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² naːn²² kiːn³³ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

Proverb

患難見真情

1. a friend in need is a friend indeed

Synonyms

• 患難見真心／患难见真心 (“one's true heart will be seen in disasters”)