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長生久視

简长生久视 · 繁長生久視

Mandarin · pinyin cháng shēng jiǔ shì

(idiom) to live forever and never grow old

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
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长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
视: shì · look at, inspect, observe, see

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2–1–3–4 · chang2 sheng1 jiu3 shi4

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coeng4 sang1 gau2 si6

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