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長河

简长河 · 繁長河

Mandarin · pinyin cháng hé

long river; (fig.) long flow of time

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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2–2 · chang2 he2

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noun

long river; major river
(figurative) long process; long course

name

(literary) Alternative name for 銀河／银河 (yínhé, “Milky Way”).

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