欢娱嫌夜短,寂寞恨更长歡娛嫌夜短,寂寞恨更長歡娛嫌夜短,寂寞恨更長

in joy one finds the night too short, in loneliness one hates the watches for being long

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Time seems to fly when you are happy and drag when you are lonely or sad. Literary; like 'time flies when you're having fun'.

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Simplified: 欢娱嫌夜短,寂寞恨更长
Traditional (Taiwan): 歡娛嫌夜短,寂寞恨更長
Pinyin: huānyú xián yè duǎn,jìmò hèn gēng cháng
Pinyin (Taiwan): huānyú xián yè duǎn,jìmò hèn gèng cháng
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄢㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ,ㄐㄧˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄍㄥˋ ㄔㄤˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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