「長江後浪推前浪」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: coeng4 gong1 hau6 long6 teoi1 cin4 long6
Individual
Character Meaning:
長 to grow; long; length; strong point; merit; specialty
江 big river
後 back; after; behind; rear; last; afterwards; later; post-
浪 wave; swell; crotch of pants
推 push; reject; to push; to shove; to push forward; to promote; to advance; to push away; to shirk; to shift; to put off; to postpone; to tailgate
前 front; ago; before; earlier; used as a suffix; ex-; forward; preceding; pioneering; open; trending
浪 wave; swell; crotch of pants
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
each new generation excels the previous; literally: the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before
(Cant.) 長coeng4江gong1後hau6浪long6推teoi1前cin4浪long6,一jat1代doi6新san1人jan4勝sing3舊gau6人jan4。
(Eng.) The younger generations excel the older, for the times they are a-changing.
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