Chinese

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root; source; origin far; distant; remote
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
trad. (源遠流長)
simp. (源远流长)
Literally: “source is distant and the flow is long”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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源遠流長

  1. having a long and rich history; to extend to the dim and distant past

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