春宵苦短

chūn​xiāo​kǔ​duǎn

happy time passes too quickly

A spring night is painfully short; used to describe how time seems to fly during moments of pleasure or when spending a night with a lover.

春宵 (literal) → 春宵 · chūn​xiāo · spring night 苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · extremely 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · short

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM