源遠流長

源遠流長

Chinese

		root; source; origin	far; distant; remote	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (源遠流長)		源	遠	流	長
simp. (源远流长)		源	远	流	长
Literally: “source is distant and the flow is long”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuányuǎnliúcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuányuǎnliúcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanyeuanlioucharng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuányuǎnlióucháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ljoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

Idiom

源遠流長

1. having a long and rich history; to extend to the dim and distant past

See also

• 淵遠流長／渊远流长