汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 三長兩短
三長兩短 (三长两短)
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
Refers to an unexpected disaster or accident / Specifically refers to the death of a person
指意外的灾祸或事故。特指人的死亡。
sān () zhǎng/cháng () liǎng duǎn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我的儿子要是有个三长两短,我就不想活了。

Any une XP ected misfortune happened to my son, I would not live any longer.

莎拉是整个团队的灵魂人物,她有个三长两短,我们就要完蛋。

Sarah is the cornerstone of our team. If something happens to her we would fall apart.

万一你有个什么三长两短的,他这下半辈子就会生活在罪恶感中了。

If anything happens to you he spends the rest of his life feeling guilty for that.

然后我们便会坐下长谈。谈现在,谈将来,谈产业中各家的三长两短

We'd then often sit down for a long, long discussion of the present, the future, and general industry gossip.