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三十年河東，三十年河西
简 三十年河东，三十年河西 · 繁 三十年河東，三十年河西Mandarin · pinyin sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī
Meanings
- the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)
- change is the only constant
- 十
- shí · ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 年
- nián · year; new-years; person's age
- 河
- hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
- 東
- dōng · east, eastern, eastward
- 西
- xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
- 东
- dōng · east, eastern, eastward
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