三十年河东，三十年河西 (三十年河東，三十年河西)
sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī
Pinyin

Definition

三十年河东，三十年河西 (三十年河東，三十年河西)
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sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī
  1. the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)
  2. change is the only constant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
年
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)