一日三秋

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	three	autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
trad. (一日三秋)		一	日	三	秋
simp. #(一日三秋)		一	日	三	秋

Etymology

Short for 一日不見，如隔三秋／一日不见，如隔三秋 (yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrìsānqiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jat⁶ saam¹ cau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-li̍t-sam-chhiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīrìsānqiū [Phonetic: yírìsānqiū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yirìhsanciou
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-jih⁴-san¹-chʻiu¹
    • Yale: yī-r̀-sān-chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryhsanchiou
    • Palladius: ижисаньцю (ižisanʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jat⁶ saam¹ cau¹
    • Yale: yāt yaht sāam chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jat⁹ saam¹ tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yed⁶ sam¹ ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-li̍t-sam-chhiu
    • Tâi-lô: it-li̍t-sam-tshiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itlidsamchiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴⁻³² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 一日三秋

1. A single day apart seems like three years.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	日	三	秋
いち Grade: 1	じつ Grade: 1	さん Grade: 1	しゅう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

一 (“one”) +‎ 日 (“day”) +‎ 三 (“three”) +‎ 秋 (“autumns”)

Noun

一(いち)日(じつ)三(さん)秋(しゅう) • (ichijitsu sanshū) 

1. waiting impatiently
2. time dragging on

Synonyms

• 一日千秋

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN