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Simplfied Chinese
源远流长
Traditional Chinese
源遠流長
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
yuán yuǎn liú cháng
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
yun4 yun5 lau4 cheung4
Short definition long standing
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom)MDBG icon / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant pastMDBG icon / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since thenMDBG icon / long standingAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: long standing
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past; a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
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