莫待無花空折枝

Chinese

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wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay

!not have

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flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern

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emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain

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tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)

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Etymology

See 花開堪折直須折花开堪折直须折 (huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓ

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī
      • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh day wu hua kong jer jy
      • IPA (key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹ u³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Proverb

莫待無花空折枝

  1. Seize the day; carpe diem.

Synonyms

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