歲寒三友

See also: 岁寒三友

Chinese

		the cold months; winter	pine, bamboo and ume; music, wine and poetry
trad. (歲寒三友)		歲寒	三友
simp. (岁寒三友)		岁寒	三友

Etymology

Pine, bamboo and plum blossoms do not wither in winter. Therefore, they are known as the three friends of winter.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suìhánsānyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄙㄢ ㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suìhánsānyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄙㄢ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suèihánsanyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: sui⁴-han²-san¹-yu³
    • Yale: swèi-hán-sān-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueyharnsanyeou
    • Palladius: суйханьсанью (sujxanʹsanʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ xän³⁵ sän⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 歲寒三友

1. "three friends of winter" (pine, bamboo and plum blossom)

Japanese

See also

• 四君子 (Sì Jūnzǐ)

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