一日三秋
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
| 一 | 日 | 三 | 秋 |
Etymology
一 one + 日 day + 三 three + 秋 autumns
Noun
一日三秋 (hiragana いちじつさんしゅう, romaji ichijitsu sanshū)
- waiting impatiently
- time dragging on
Synonyms
Mandarin
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 一日三秋 | |||
Etymology
Literally: (not seeing somebody for) one day (is like being apart for) three autumns
Idiom
一日三秋 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī rì sān qiū)
- a single day apart seems like three years