历久弥坚 — Chinese idiom
历久弥坚
lì jiǔ mí jiān
Traditional: 歷久彌堅
Meaning
- to become more resolute with the passing of time
Character by character
- 历lìhistory; calendar
- 久jiǔlong ago; a long time
- 弥mícomplete, extensive, full; to fill
- 坚jiānhard, strong; firm, resolute
Idioms sharing a character
- 来历不明 lái lì bù míng
- 历久弥新 lì jiǔ mí xīn
- 历历在目 lì lì zài mù
- 翻老皇历 fān lǎo huáng lì
- 隔年皇历 gé nián huáng lì
- 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng
- 久经考验 jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
- 天长地久 tiān cháng dì jiǔ
- 天长日久 tiān cháng rì jiǔ
- 年久失修 nián jiǔ shī xiū
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