三十年河东，三十年河西
Traditional form:
三十年河東，三十年河西
Pinyin (reading):
sānshíniánhédōng,sānshíniánhéxī
Definitions:
- the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)
- change is the only constant
Characters:
- 三 - three
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
- 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
- 东 - east, eastern, eastward
- 三 - three
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
- 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
- 西 - west, western, westward
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