長痛不如短痛

長痛不如短痛

See also: 长痛不如短痛

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	ache; pain; sorrow	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	lack; short	ache; pain; sorrow
trad. (長痛不如短痛)		長	痛	不如	短	痛
simp. (长痛不如短痛)		长	痛	不如	短	痛

Etymology

Literally: Long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ tung³ bat¹ jyu⁴ dyun² tung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charng tonq buru doan tonq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ tung³ bat¹ jyu⁴ dyun² tung³
    • Yale: chèuhng tung bāt yùh dyún tung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ tung³ bat⁷ jy⁴ dyn² tung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ tung³ bed¹ yu⁴ dün² tung³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ tʰʊŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ tyːn³⁵ tʰʊŋ³³/

Proverb

長痛不如短痛

1. It is better to suffer short-term pain so that one will not have to suffer long-term pain; It is better to just get it over with, rather than prolong the agony.