"蜉蝣在世" meaning in Chinese

See 蜉蝣在世 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

IPA: /fu³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /fɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² sɐi̯³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 蜉蝣在世
  1. life is short
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "glosses": [
        "life is short"
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      "id": "en-蜉蝣在世-zh-proverb--MtqGK56",
      "links": [
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          "life is short",
          "life is short"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fúyóu zàishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fau⁴ jau⁴ zoi⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fúyóu zàishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fúyóu zàishìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu²-yu² tsai⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fú-yóu dzài-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fwuyou tzayshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fuju czajši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фую цзайши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fu³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fau⁴ jau⁴ zoi⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fàuh yàuh joih sai"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fau⁴ jau⁴ dzoi⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "feo⁴ yeo⁴ zoi⁶ sei³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² sɐi̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "蜉蝣在世"
}
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        "Chinese lemmas",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 世",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 在",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 蜉",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 蝣",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
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        "life is short"
      ],
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          "life is short",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fúyóu zàishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fau⁴ jau⁴ zoi⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fúyóu zàishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fúyóu zàishìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu²-yu² tsai⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fú-yóu dzài-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fwuyou tzayshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fuju czajši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фую цзайши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fu³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fau⁴ jau⁴ zoi⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fàuh yàuh joih sai"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fau⁴ jau⁴ dzoi⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "feo⁴ yeo⁴ zoi⁶ sei³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² sɐi̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "蜉蝣在世"
}

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