曲終人散

See also: 曲终人散

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	end; finish	man; person; people	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (曲終人散)		曲	終	人	散
simp. (曲终人散)		曲	终	人	散
Literally: “the song ends and people part”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔzhōngrénsàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ zung¹ jan⁴ san³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔzhōngrénsàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔjhongrénsàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³-chung¹-jên²-san⁴
    • Yale: chyǔ-jūng-rén-sàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheujongrensann
    • Palladius: цюйчжунжэньсань (cjujčžunžɛnʹsanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ sän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ zung¹ jan⁴ san³
    • Yale: kūk jūng yàhn san
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ dzung¹ jan⁴ san³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ zung¹ yen⁴ sen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ sɐn³³/

Idiom

曲終人散

1. a bustling scene becomes deserted and cheerless