源远流长 — Chinese idiom
源远流长
yuán yuǎn liú cháng
Traditional: 源遠流長
Meaning
- of long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient times
Character by character
- 源yuánspring; source, root, head; surname
- 远yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 长chánglong, lasting; to excel in
Idioms sharing a character
- 左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán
- 源源不断 yuán yuán bù duàn
- 究其根源 jiū qí gēn yuán
- 药食同源 yào shí tóng yuán
- 财源滚滚 cái yuán gǔn gǔn
- 开源节流 kāi yuán jié liú
- 饮水思源 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán
- 饮流怀源 yǐn liú huái yuán
- 天差地远 tiān chā dì yuǎn
- 好高骛远 hào gāo wù yuǎn
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