小別勝新婚

See also: 小别胜新婚

Chinese

		brief separation	victorious; able to do; competent enough to	to be newly married
trad. (小別勝新婚)		小別	勝	新婚
simp. (小别胜新婚)		小别	胜	新婚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎobié shèng xīnhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² bit⁶ sing³ san¹ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎobié shèng xīnhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎobié shèng sinhun
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-pieh² shêng⁴ hsin¹-hun¹
    • Yale: syǎu-byé shèng syīn-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaubye shenq shinhuen
    • Palladius: сяобе шэн синьхунь (sjaobe šɛn sinʹxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² bit⁶ sing³ san¹ fan¹
    • Yale: síu biht sing sān fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² bit⁹ sing³ san¹ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² bid⁶ xing³ sen¹ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ piːt̚² sɪŋ³³ sɐn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/

Proverb

小別勝新婚

1. absence makes the heart grow fonder (said of married couples)