「長江後浪推前浪」
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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
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