源远流长
Traditional form:
源遠流長
Pinyin (reading):
yuányuǎnliúcháng
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname
- 远 - distant, remote, far; profound
- 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
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