佳人薄命
Chinese
beautiful woman; good person | born under an unlucky star; born unlucky; ill-fated | ||
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trad. (佳人薄命) | 佳人 | 薄命 | |
simp. #(佳人薄命) | 佳人 | 薄命 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiarénbómìng
- Wade–Giles: chia1-jên2-po2-ming4
- Yale: jyā-rén-bwó-mìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiarenborminq
- Palladius: цзяжэньбомин (czjažɛnʹbomin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 佳人薄命
- a fair lady's destiny is thin indeed; whom the gods love die young
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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佳 | 人 | 薄 | 命 |
か Grade: S |
じん Grade: 1 |
はく Grade: S |
めい Grade: 3 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
- From Middle Chinese: 自古紅顏多薄命
Pronunciation
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Noun
- Whom the gods love dies young. Lit. A fair lady's destiny is thin indeed.
Synonyms
References
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.
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