万古

萬古

wàngǔ

noun #50,658

Meanings

HSK 6

英雄的名字将万古流传。

Yīngxióng de míngzi jiāng wàngǔ liúchuán.

The heroes' names will be passed down for all time.

HSK 7-9

长江万古奔流，从来没有停过。

Chángjiāng wàngǔ bēnliú, cónglái méiyǒu tíng guo.

The Yangtze has flowed on through the ages and has never stopped.

usage

Literary, and common in praise of what lasts: 万古长青 (evergreen, everlasting), and 杜甫's 不废江河万古流 (the rivers flow on for all the ages).

culture

李白 ends 将进酒 with 与尔同销万古愁, "let us drown with you the sorrows of all the ages".

万 wàn

古 gǔ