天长地久天長地久 tiān cháng dì jiǔ — enduring while the world lasts (idiom)
tiān (first tone, high and level) cháng (second tone, rising) dì (fourth tone, falling) jiǔ (third tone, dipping)tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3
Traditional: 天長地久
enduring while the world lasts (idiom)
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
enduring while the world lasts (idiom)
enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 天
- 天tiān (first tone, high and level)day
- 今天jīntiān (first tone, high and level)today
- 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
- 昨天zuótiān (second tone, rising)yesterday
- 天气天氣tiānqì (first tone, high and level)weather
- 聊天liáotiān (second tone, rising)to chat, to make conversation
- 夏天xià (fourth tone, falling) tiān (first tone, high and level)summer
- 天堂tiān (first tone, high and level) táng (second tone, rising)paradise
- 冬天dōng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)winter
- 天空tiān (first tone, high and level) kōng (first tone, high and level)sky
- 天使tiān (first tone, high and level) shǐ (third tone, dipping)angel
- 整天zhěng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level)all day long
- 当天當天dāng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)on that day
- 白天bái (second tone, rising) tiān (first tone, high and level)daytime
- 天下tiān (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)land under heaven
- 春天chūn (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)spring (season)
- 天才tiān (first tone, high and level) cái (second tone, rising)talent
- 天生tiān (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)nature
Words containing 长
- 长長zhǎng (third tone, dipping)long (in space or in time)
- 长長cháng (second tone, rising)length
- 长大長大zhǎng (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)to grow up
- 成长成長chéng (second tone, rising) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)to mature
- 校长校長xiàozhǎng (fourth tone, falling)headteacher, principal, university president
- 家长家長jiā (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)head of a household
- 长途長途chángtú (second tone, rising)long-distance
- 长期長期cháng (second tone, rising) qī (first tone, high and level)long term
- 局长局長jú (second tone, rising) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)bureau chief
- 队长隊長duì (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)captain
- 市长市長shì (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)mayor
- 增长增長zēng (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)to grow
- 部长部長bù (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)head of a (government etc) department
- 生长生長shēng (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)to grow
- 擅长擅長shàn (fourth tone, falling) cháng (second tone, rising)to be good at
- 会长會長huì (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)president of a club, committee etc
- 漫长漫長màn (fourth tone, falling) cháng (second tone, rising)very long