佳人薄命

Chinese

		beautiful woman	born under an unlucky star; born unlucky; ill-fated
simp. and trad. (佳人薄命)		佳人	薄命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiārén bómìng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiārén bómìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaren borminq
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

佳人薄命

A fair lady's destiny is thin indeed; whom the gods love die young

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳	人	薄	命
か Grade: S	じん Grade: 1	はく Grade: S	めい Grade: 3

Etymology

From Middle Chinese: 自古紅顏多薄命

Noun

佳人薄命 (hiragana かじんはくめい, rōmaji kajinhakumei)

Whom the gods love die young. Lit. A fair lady's destiny is thin indeed.

Synonyms

美人薄命

References

The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.

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