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友誼地久天長

简友谊地久天长 · 繁友誼地久天長

Mandarin · pinyin Yǒu yì dì jiǔ tiān cháng

Auld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特·伯恩斯 Luó bó tè · Bó ēn sī, sung to mark the start of a new year or as a farewell
also rendered 友誼萬歲 Yǒu yì wàn suì or 友誼天長地久 Yǒu yì tiān cháng dì jiǔ

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友: yǒu · friend, companion; fraternity
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地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
谊: yì · friendship; appropriate, suitable
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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3–4–4–3–1–2 · You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2

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jau5 ji4 dei6 gau2 tin1 coeng4

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