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好景不長
  hou2 ging2 bat1 coeng4   jyutping
  hao3 jing3 bu4 chang2   pinyin
good times don't last long; pleasant hours fly fast

[variant] 不常

Idiom

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

This word has been viewed 1445 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 28th Feb 2010 04:02 and last edited on 6th Mar 2015 01:02
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Characters in this word:

 hou2 hou3  -  good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
 ging2  -  view; situation; setting; admire
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 coeng4 zoeng2  -  long; length; forte; grow; older; chief
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