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一日不見如隔三秋 (jat1 jat6 bat1 gin3 jyu4 gaak3 saam1 cau1) — one day (away from a dear one) seems like three years | also 一日三秋 in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一jatˍ₆日batˉ¹不gin˗₃見jyuˎ₄如gaak˗₃隔saamˉ¹三cauˉ¹秋
简 一日不见如隔三秋
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 ri4 bu4 jian4 ru2 ge2 san1 qiu1

Meaning of 一日不見如隔三秋

nounone day (away from a dear one) seems like three years | also 一日三秋

Characters in 一日不見如隔三秋

一jat1
one; a; an; the
日jat6
day; daytime
不bat1
not; no; un-
見gin3
meet; call on; visit
如jyu4
like; as
隔gaak3
separate; divide; cut off; isolate
三saam1
three; third; thrice
秋cau1
a Chinese family name

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