一去不返

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to go; to leave; to remove	not; no	to return (to)
trad. (一去不返)		一	去	不	返
simp. #(一去不返)		一	去	不	返

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīqùbùfǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄑㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ heoi³ bat¹ faan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīqùbùfǎn [Phonetic: yíqùbùfǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄑㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yicyùbùfǎn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻü⁴-pu⁴-fan³
    • Yale: yī-chyù-bù-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichiuhbufaan
    • Palladius: ицюйбуфань (icjujbufanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ heoi³ bat¹ faan²
    • Yale: yāt heui bāt fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hoey³ bat⁷ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ hêu³ bed¹ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hɵy̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ faːn³⁵/

Idiom

一去不返

1. Synonym of 一去不復返／一去不复返 (yīqùbùfùfǎn, “gone forever; gone never to return”)