曲终人散
qǔ​zhōng​rén​sàn

the party is over

  • created sense approved 曲终人散/曲終人散 · qǔ​zhōng​rén​sàn · the party is over — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    曲终人散 / 曲終人散

    qǔ​zhōng​rén​sàn

    the party is over

    The music ends and the audience leaves; refers to people dispersing after a busy or joyful event is over, often implying a sense of sadness or emptiness once the excitement has passed

    曲 (literal) → 曲 · qǔ · song 终 (literal) → 终/終 · zhōng · end 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 散 (literal) → 散 · sàn · to disperse

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense