千秋萬古

Chinese

		a thousand autumns/years; thousand years; millennium a thousand autumns/years; thousand years; millennium; a very long time	aeons; eternity
trad. (千秋萬古)		千秋	萬古
simp. (千秋万古)		千秋	万古

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānqiūwàngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānqiūwàngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianciouwàngǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chʻiu¹-wan⁴-ku³
  - Yale: chyān-chyōu-wàn-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianchiouwannguu
  - Palladius: цяньцюваньгу (cjanʹcjuvanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

千秋萬古

for eternity; generation after generation

Synonyms

萬古千秋／万古千秋 (wàngǔqiānqiū)
千秋萬代／千秋万代 (qiānqiūwàndài)
萬代千秋／万代千秋 (wàndàiqiānqiū)
萬載千秋／万载千秋 (wànzǎiqiānqiū)

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