孤燕不成夏

Chinese

		lone; lonely	swallow (bird); surname; place name	to not form; to not constitute; unsuccessful	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (孤燕不成夏)		孤	燕	不成	夏
simp. ^#(孤燕不成夏)		孤	燕	不成	夏

Etymology

Calque of English one swallow does not a summer make.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūyànbùchéngxià

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gūyànbùchéngxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guyànbùchéngsià
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹-yen⁴-pu⁴-chʻêng²-hsia⁴
  - Yale: gū-yàn-bù-chéng-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guyannbucherngshiah
  - Palladius: гуяньбучэнся (gujanʹbučɛnsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Idiom

孤燕不成夏

one swallow does not a summer make

Synonyms

一燕不成夏 (yīyànbùchéngxià)
獨燕不成夏／独燕不成夏 (dúyānbùchéngxià)

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