| 天长地久 |
tiān cháng dì jiǔ |
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天长 |
Tiān cháng |
see 天长市 |
| 长 |
cháng |
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 久 |
jiǔ |
(of a period of time) long |