人無千日好，花無百日紅 (jan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2, faa1 mou4 baak3 jat6 hung4 | ) : treasure what you have, since it cannot be good forever

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人無千日好，花無百日紅

jan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2, faa1 mou4 baak3 jat6 hung4

treasure what you have, since it cannot be good forever

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

人無千日好，花無百日紅

This word has been viewed 1612 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 13th Sep 2007 12:38 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

人 jan4 - person; human being
無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have
千 cin1 - a thousand; many
日 jat6 - sun; day
好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
， - (not in database)
花 faa1 - flower
無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have
百 baak3 - hundred
日 jat6 - sun; day
紅 hung4 gung1 - red; successful; revolutionary; bonus

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