好景不长 (hǎo jǐng bù cháng) | Meaning: a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

good times don't fast long · happy days for... are soon over · the morning sun never lasts a day好景不常hǎo jǐng bù cháng

the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)好事多磨hǎo shì duō mó

extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!乐极生悲lè jí shēng bēi

short in time · fleeting · brief · gasping (breath) · curt (tone of voice)短促duǎn cù

lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once · flash in the pan (idiom) · short-lived昙花一现tán huā yī xiàn

a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)