び
美
み
味
　
も
のど
喉
さん
三
すん
寸

expression

Proverb, obscure term.
  1. good things do not last long.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
び
美
み
味
　
も
のど
喉
さん
三
すん
寸
 美味も喉三寸 びみものどさんすん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

beauty, beautiful
ビ　うつく.しい　よし (3rd, N3)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
flavor, taste
ミ　あじ (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ　いま.だ　ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
throat, voice
のど　コウ (11th)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
marquis, lord, daimyo
コウ (9th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
yu
dart, arrow
や　シ (2nd, N1)
person(人) variant
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
three
サン　み　みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン　す　みき (6th, N1)