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日久歲深

简日久岁深 · 繁日久歲深

Mandarin · pinyin rì jiǔ suì shēn

(idiom) for a long period of time; for a number of years

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
歲: suì · year; age; harvest
深: shēn · deep; depth; far; very, extreme
岁: suì · year; age; harvest

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4–3–4–1 · ri4 jiu3 sui4 shen1

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jat6 gau2 seoi3 sam1

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