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好景不长
/ hǎo jǐng bù cháng /
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Collocation
1
俗话说好景不长
2
可是好景不长
3
可惜好景不长
Definition
好景不长
Literally means:
good times don't last long.
Actually means:
It is the shortened form of han hua bu chang kai hao jing bu chang zai.
It figuratively means that good circumstances don't stay long and happy times are going to end.
Often used to express regret of the disappearance of good times or situations.
好景不长，是“好花不常开，好景不常在”的缩略形式。
它比喻好的景况不长久，好的时光很快就没有了。
常用来对美好时光或光景的消失表示惋惜。
Example
Usually used as a minor sentence. (常作小句)
1
Tā
她
shì
是
gè
个
nóngcūn
农村
fùnǚ
妇女
,
jīngcháng
经常
gù
顾
le
了
chī
吃
jiù
就
gùbùle
顾不了
chuān
穿
,
hòulái
后来
jià
嫁
gěi
给
le
了
yī
一
gè
个
duì
对
tā
她
hěn
很
bùcuò
不错
de
的
zhàngfu
丈夫
,
shuízhī
谁知
hǎojǐngbùcháng
好景不长
,
bùjiǔ
不久
tā
他
de
的
zhàngfu
丈夫
jiù
就
sǐ
死
le
了
。
She is a rural woman, often care about eating can not care to wear, and later married a very good husband to her, who knows the good times are not long, soon his husband died.
2
Hǎojǐngbùcháng
好景不长
zhèzhǒng
这种
xiànxiàng
现象
zài
在
yùndòngyuán
运动员
shēnshàng
身上
yóuqí
尤其
tūchū
突出
,
tāmen
他们
zhǐnéng
只能
huīhuáng
辉煌
yī
一
shí
时
,
wúfǎ
无法
huīhuáng
辉煌
yīshì
一世
。
Good scenery is not long this phenomenon is particularly prominent in athletes, they can only be brilliant for a while, can not be brilliant for a lifetime.
3
Tā
他
dāngguān
当官
de
的
shíhou
时候
,
guāng
光
shì
是
zhāodài
招待
kèrén
客人
de
的
cháyè
茶叶
yī
一
gè
个
yuè
月
jiù
就
xūyào
需要
shíjǐ
十几
jīn
斤
,
xiànzài
现在
tuìxiū
退休
le
了
,
wǎngcháng
往常
de
的
rènao
热闹
bùzài
不再
yǒu
有
le
了
,
nánguài
难怪
tā
他
huì
会
jīngcháng
经常
fāchū
发出
hǎojǐngbùcháng
好景不长
de
的
gǎnkǎi
感慨
。
When he was an official, just to entertain the guests of tea a month need a dozen pounds, now retired, the usual lively no longer, no wonder he often issued a good feeling.