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海枯石烂

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4-character word Traditional 海枯石爛

What 海枯石烂 means

1. (lit.) until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom)
2. (fig.) forever; until the end of time

The characters in 海枯石烂

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose