一日不見，如隔三秋

See also: 一日不见，如隔三秋

Chinese

		one day; another day in the future	to not see; to not meet		as (if); such as	to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	three	autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
trad. (一日不見，如隔三秋)		一日	不見	，	如	隔	三	秋
simp. (一日不见，如隔三秋)		一日	不见	，	如	隔	三	秋
Literally: “Not seeing (somebody) for a day is like being apart for three autumns.”

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 72 (《詩經·王風·采葛》):

彼采蕭兮，一日不見，如三秋兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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彼采萧兮，一日不见，如三秋兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Bǐ cǎi xiāo xī, yīrì bùjiàn, rú sān qiū xī. [Pinyin]

There he is gathering the oxtail-southern-wood!
A day without seeing him, Is like three years!

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jat⁶ bat¹ gin³, jyu⁴ gaak³ saam¹ cau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū [Phonetic: yírìbújiàn, rúgésānqiū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yirìhbùjiàn, rúgésanciou
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-jih⁴-pu⁴-chien⁴, ju²-ko²-san¹-chʻiu¹
    • Yale: yī-r̀-bù-jyàn-, rú-gé-sān-chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryhbujiann, rugersanchiou
    • Palladius: ижибуцзянь, жугэсаньцю (ižibuczjanʹ, žugɛsanʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ kɤ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jat⁶ bat¹ gin³, jyu⁴ gaak³ saam¹ cau¹
    • Yale: yāt yaht bāt gin, yùh gaak sāam chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jat⁹ bat⁷ gin³, jy⁴ gaak⁸ saam¹ tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yed⁶ bed¹ gin³, yu⁴ gag³ sam¹ ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ jyː²¹ kaːk̚³ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

一日不見，如隔三秋

1. a single day apart seems like three years

Derived terms

• 一日三秋 (yīrìsānqiū)