海枯石烂 — Chinese idiom
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
Traditional: 海枯石爛
Meaning
- (lit.) until the seas dry up and stones go soft
- (fig.) forever; until the end of time
Character by character
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
- 枯kūdried out, withered, decayed
- 石shístone, rock, mineral
- 烂lànovercooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
Idioms sharing a character
- 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi
- 侯门似海 hóu mén sì hǎi
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 名扬四海 míng yáng sì hǎi
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 四海为家 sì hǎi wéi jiā
- 四海飘零 sì hǎi piāo líng
- 大海捞针 dà hǎi lāo zhēn
- 学海泛舟 xué hǎi fàn zhōu
- 学海无涯 xué hǎi wú yá
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