一日不見，如隔三秋

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.)
 not; no
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 as (if); such as
 
to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide
to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off
 three
 
autumn; fall; harvest time
autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
trad. (一日不見，如隔三秋) 一 日 不 見 ， 如 隔 三 秋
simp. (一日不见，如隔三秋) 一 日 不 见 ， 如 隔 三 秋
Literally: “Not seeing (somebody) for a day is like being apart for three autumns.”

Etymology

From the Book of Songs: 彼采葛兮，一日不見，如三月兮！(etc.)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 jat6 bat1 gin3, jyu4 gaak3 saam1 cau1
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū [Phonetic: yírìbújiàn, rúgésānqiū]
      • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: yirìhbùjiàn, rúgésanciou
      • Wade–Giles: i1-jih4-pu4-chien4- ju2-ko2-san1-chʻiu1
      • Yale: yī-r̀-bù-jyàn-, rú-gé-sān-chyōu
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryhbujiann, rugersanchiou
      • Palladius: ижибуцзянь, жугэсаньцю (ižibuczjanʹ, žugɛsanʹcju)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ kɤ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

一日不見，如隔三秋

  1. a single day apart seems like three years

Derived terms
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