经久不息 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• prolonged (applause, cheering etc)

Character by character

• 经jīngthe classics; to experience, to undergo
• 久jiǔlong ago; a long time
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,

Idioms sharing a character

• 一本正经 yī běn zhèng jīng
• 不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
• 久经考验 jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
• 天经地义 tiān jīng dì yì
• 引经据典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn
• 必经之路 bì jīng zhī lù
• 惨淡经营 cǎn dàn jīng yíng
• 曾经沧海 céng jīng cāng hǎi
• 弃农经商 qì nóng jīng shāng
• 满腹经纶 mǎn fù jīng lún

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