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源远流长

yuán yuǎn liú cháng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 源遠流長

源远流长 (yuán yuǎn liú cháng) means "of long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient times". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 源远流长 means

1. idiomof long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient times

The characters in 源远流长

• 源yuánroot; source; origin
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

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