Standing by the river watching the Yangtze's waters surge without end, one truly feels 'the endless Yangtze rolls on and on.'
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history
From 杜甫《登高》 (Tang, 767 CE), written at Kuizhou in his final years. The line is part of 无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来 (Boundless falling leaves rustle down; the endless Yangtze comes rolling on). The poem is traditionally called the 'greatest seven-character regulated verse of all time.'
usage
Always quoted paired with the preceding line 无边落木萧萧下 - the two form one of the most celebrated couplets in Chinese poetry. Modern authors borrow it for anything large, time-flow-like, and unstoppable.
