See 花開堪折直須折 on Wiktionary
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"english": "Love not your golden dress, I pray,\nMore than your youthful golden hours!\nGather sweet flowers while you may,\nAnd not the twig devoid of flowers!",
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"ref": " Tang dynasty, author unknown, likely Du Qiuniang (杜秋娘), “The Golden Dress” (《金縷衣》)\nTranslation from 300 Tang Poems, A New Translation (edited by Xu Yuan-zhong, Loh Bei-yei and Wu Juntao, →ISBN)",
"roman": "Quàn jūn mò xī jīnlǚyī, quàn jūn xī qǔ shàonián shí. Huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī.",
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"roman": "Quàn jūn mò xī jīnlǚyī, quàn jūn xī qǔ shàonián shí. Huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī.",
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"text": "劝君莫惜金缕衣，劝君惜取少年时。花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。",
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"english": "No one is to blame but me for this. I was so casual and unwilling to commit to love. Then, when I did fall in love, I was unwilling to casually let it go. People always say things like carpe diem and gather ye rosebuds while ye may. But, when it comes to enjoying the rosebuds of love, even if you gather them, then what? Isn't the result the same, that we can never be married?",
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"ref": " 2005, 安妮玫瑰 (Anne Rose), 翡翠护身符 (Excerpt from \"The Jadeite Amulet\")",
"roman": "Zhè shéi yě bùnéng guài, zhǐ néng guài zìjǐ, qīngyì bùkěn àishàng, ài le yòu bùkěn qīngyì fàngxià, suī shuō huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī, dànshì xiǎngshòu zhe àiqíng zhī huā de shíhòu, jíshǐ zhé le, yòu zěnyàng? Bù háishì yīyàng jié bù chū hūnyīn zhī guǒ ma.",
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"text": "這誰也不能怪，只能怪自己，輕易不肯愛上，愛了又不肯輕易放下，雖說花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝，但是享受著愛情之花的時候，即使折了，又怎樣？不還是一樣結不出婚姻之果嗎。",
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"english": "No one is to blame but me for this. I was so casual and unwilling to commit to love. Then, when I did fall in love, I was unwilling to casually let it go. People always say things like carpe diem and gather ye rosebuds while ye may. But, when it comes to enjoying the rosebuds of love, even if you gather them, then what? Isn't the result the same, that we can never be married?",
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"ref": " 2005, 安妮玫瑰 (Anne Rose), 翡翠护身符 (Excerpt from \"The Jadeite Amulet\")",
"roman": "Zhè shéi yě bùnéng guài, zhǐ néng guài zìjǐ, qīngyì bùkěn àishàng, ài le yòu bùkěn qīngyì fàngxià, suī shuō huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī, dànshì xiǎngshòu zhe àiqíng zhī huā de shíhòu, jíshǐ zhé le, yòu zěnyàng? Bù háishì yīyàng jié bù chū hūnyīn zhī guǒ ma.",
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"text": "这谁也不能怪，只能怪自己，轻易不肯爱上，爱了又不肯轻易放下，虽说花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝，但是享受着爱情之花的时候，即使折了，又怎样？不还是一样结不出婚姻之果吗。",
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"zh-pron": "huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé"
},
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄞ ㄎㄢ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓˊ ㄒㄩ ㄓㄜˊ"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "faa¹ hoi¹ ham¹ zit³ zik⁶ seoi¹ zit³"
},
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"zh-pron": "huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé"
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"zh-pron": "hua kai kan jhé jhíh syu jhé"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "hua¹ kʻai¹ kʻan¹ chê² chih² hsü¹ chê²"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "hwā kāi kān jé jŕ syū jé"
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],
"zh-pron": "hua kai kan jer jyr shiu jer"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "хуа кай кань чжэ чжи сюй чжэ"
},
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"zh-pron": "xua kaj kanʹ čžɛ čži sjuj čžɛ"
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"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "fā hōi hām jit jihk sēui jit"
},
{
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "faa¹ hoi¹ ham¹ dzit⁸ dzik⁹ soey¹ dzit⁸"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ hoi¹ hem¹ jid³ jig⁶ sêu¹ jid³"
},
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"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³ t͡sɪk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/",
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"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/"
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"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³ t͡sɪk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/"
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"word": "花開堪折直須折"
}
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"english": "Love not your golden dress, I pray,\nMore than your youthful golden hours!\nGather sweet flowers while you may,\nAnd not the twig devoid of flowers!",
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"Traditional Chinese"
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"ref": " Tang dynasty, author unknown, likely Du Qiuniang (杜秋娘), “The Golden Dress” (《金縷衣》)\nTranslation from 300 Tang Poems, A New Translation (edited by Xu Yuan-zhong, Loh Bei-yei and Wu Juntao, →ISBN)",
"roman": "Quàn jūn mò xī jīnlǚyī, quàn jūn xī qǔ shàonián shí. Huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī.",
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"text": "勸君莫惜金縷衣，勸君惜取少年時。花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝。",
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"english": "Love not your golden dress, I pray,\nMore than your youthful golden hours!\nGather sweet flowers while you may,\nAnd not the twig devoid of flowers!",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"ref": " Tang dynasty, author unknown, likely Du Qiuniang (杜秋娘), “The Golden Dress” (《金縷衣》)\nTranslation from 300 Tang Poems, A New Translation (edited by Xu Yuan-zhong, Loh Bei-yei and Wu Juntao, →ISBN)",
"roman": "Quàn jūn mò xī jīnlǚyī, quàn jūn xī qǔ shàonián shí. Huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
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"text": "劝君莫惜金缕衣，劝君惜取少年时。花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。",
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"english": "No one is to blame but me for this. I was so casual and unwilling to commit to love. Then, when I did fall in love, I was unwilling to casually let it go. People always say things like carpe diem and gather ye rosebuds while ye may. But, when it comes to enjoying the rosebuds of love, even if you gather them, then what? Isn't the result the same, that we can never be married?",
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"roman": "Zhè shéi yě bùnéng guài, zhǐ néng guài zìjǐ, qīngyì bùkěn àishàng, ài le yòu bùkěn qīngyì fàngxià, suī shuō huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī, dànshì xiǎngshòu zhe àiqíng zhī huā de shíhòu, jíshǐ zhé le, yòu zěnyàng? Bù háishì yīyàng jié bù chū hūnyīn zhī guǒ ma.",
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"text": "這誰也不能怪，只能怪自己，輕易不肯愛上，愛了又不肯輕易放下，雖說花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝，但是享受著愛情之花的時候，即使折了，又怎樣？不還是一樣結不出婚姻之果嗎。",
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"english": "No one is to blame but me for this. I was so casual and unwilling to commit to love. Then, when I did fall in love, I was unwilling to casually let it go. People always say things like carpe diem and gather ye rosebuds while ye may. But, when it comes to enjoying the rosebuds of love, even if you gather them, then what? Isn't the result the same, that we can never be married?",
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"tags": [
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"text": "这谁也不能怪，只能怪自己，轻易不肯爱上，爱了又不肯轻易放下，虽说花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝，但是享受着爱情之花的时候，即使折了，又怎样？不还是一样结不出婚姻之果吗。",
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"Seize the day; carpe diem."
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"zh-pron": "huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé"
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄞ ㄎㄢ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓˊ ㄒㄩ ㄓㄜˊ"
},
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"zh-pron": "faa¹ hoi¹ ham¹ zit³ zik⁶ seoi¹ zit³"
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"zh-pron": "huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé"
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],
"zh-pron": "hua kai kan jhé jhíh syu jhé"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "hua¹ kʻai¹ kʻan¹ chê² chih² hsü¹ chê²"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "hwā kāi kān jé jŕ syū jé"
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"zh-pron": "hua kai kan jer jyr shiu jer"
},
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"zh-pron": "хуа кай кань чжэ чжи сюй чжэ"
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"zh-pron": "xua kaj kanʹ čžɛ čži sjuj čžɛ"
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"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "fā hōi hām jit jihk sēui jit"
},
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "faa¹ hoi¹ ham¹ dzit⁸ dzik⁹ soey¹ dzit⁸"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ hoi¹ hem¹ jid³ jig⁶ sêu¹ jid³"
},
{
"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³ t͡sɪk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/",
"tags": [
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"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/"
},
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"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³ t͡sɪk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/"
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"roman": "mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī",
"word": "莫待無花空折枝／莫待无花空折枝"
},
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"roman": "mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī",
"word": "莫待無花空折枝"
},
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"roman": "mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī",
"word": "莫待无花空折枝"
}
],
"word": "花開堪折直須折"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 花開堪折直須折 meaning in All languages combined (7.5kB)
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