长江后浪推前浪
Traditional form:
長江後浪推前浪
Pinyin (reading):
Cháng Jiānghòulàngtuīqiánlàng
Definitions:
- lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
- fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
- each new generation excels the previous
- (of things) to be constantly evolving
Characters:
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 浪 - breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
- 推 - to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 浪 - breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
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