久久
jiǔ jiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

久久
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jiǔ jiǔ
  1. for a very long time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

久
jiǔ
  1. 1 (long) time
  2. 2 (long) duration of time
多久
duō jiǔ
  1. 1 how long?
好久
hǎo jiǔ
  1. 1 quite a while
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
久久
jiǔ jiǔ
  1. 1 for a very long time

Idioms (14)

久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
久慕盛名
jiǔ mù shèng míng
  1. 1 I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you.
  2. 2 It's an honor to meet you at last.
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
  1. 1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
  2. 2 veteran
分久必合，合久必分
fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn
  1. 1 lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
  2. 2 fig. things are constantly changing

Sample Sentences

别呀，你不能让我亏本吧，做生意总要长长久久，看在你是老顾客的份上，我多送你一点蒜头，行吧？
bié ya ，nǐ bù néng ràng wǒ kuīběn ba ，zuò shēngyi zǒngyào chángchángjiǔjiǔ ，kànzài nǐ shì lǎo gùkè de fènshàng ，wǒ duō sòng nǐ yīdiǎn suàntou ，xíng ba ？
No way, you can't force me to make a loss, but when you do business you have to think of the long term. Seeing as you're an old customer, I'll give you a little more garlic, OK?
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长长久久
chángchángjiǔjiǔ
A very long time.
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然而，就在我们交往的第三个月，高捷在校门口遇上了车祸。手术过后，当医生慢慢地揭开她头上的纱布时，我惊呆了。高捷的脸上布满了疤痕，而且还没有下巴。我无法适应从美梦到噩梦的突然转变，夺门而出。她的容貌使我不敢再靠近，然而之前的海誓山盟却在我脑中久久回荡。矛盾的心情开始了对我的折磨。
ránér ，jiù zài wǒmen jiāowǎng de dì sān ge yuè ，Gāo Jié zài xiàomén kǒu yùshàng le chēhuò 。shǒushù guòhòu ，dāng yīshēng mànmàn de jiēkāi tā tóu shàng de shābù shí ，wǒ jīngdāi le 。Gāo Jié de liǎn shàng bùmǎn le bāhén ，érqiě hái méiyǒu xiàba 。wǒ wúfǎ shìyìng cóng měimèng dào èmèng de tūrán zhuǎnbiàn ，duóménérchū 。tā de róngmào shǐ wǒ bùgǎn zài kàojìn ，ránér zhīqián de hǎishìshānméng què zài wǒ nǎo zhōng jiǔjiǔ huídàng 。máodùn de xīnqíng kāishǐ le duì wǒ de zhémó 。
However, during the third month of us knowing each other, GaoJie was involved in a traffic accident at the school gate. After she had surgery, and when the doctor revealed her head from under the gauze, I was stunned. Gaojie's face was covered entirely in scare tissue and she no longer had a chin. I couldn't reconcile this sudden transformation of my sweet dreams of her, to this nightmare. I pushed open the door and ran out. Her appearance made it impossible for me to be near her. Even so, the sound of my pledge of my undying love to her continued to reverberate in my head. A mood of uncertainty began to torment me.
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