地久天长
Traditional form:
地久天長
Pinyin (reading):
dìjiǔtiāncháng
Definitions:
- enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal
- for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc)
- also written 天長地久／天长地久
Characters:
- 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
- 久 - long ago; a long time
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
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