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历史悠久

lì shǐ yōu jiǔ

4-character word Traditional 歷史悠久

What 历史悠久 means

1. long-established
2. time-honored

The characters in 历史悠久

• 历lìcalendar
• 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
• 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 久jiǔ(of a period of time) long

Example sentences

• 印度的历史悠久。
  Yìndù de lìshǐ yōujiǔ.
  India has a very old history.
• 京都和奈良都是历史悠久的古城。
  Jīngdū hé Nàiliáng dōu shì lìshǐyōujiǔ de gǔchéng.
  Nara is as old as Kyoto.