久而久之
jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī
Pinyin

Definition

久而久之
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jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī
  1. over time
  2. as time passes
  3. in the fullness of time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

久
jiǔ
  1. 1 (long) time
  2. 2 (long) duration of time
之
zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
之后
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
好久
hǎo jiǔ
  1. 1 quite a while

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一哄而散
yī hōng ér sàn
  1. 1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
  1. 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
  2. 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他在每一次喂狗吃肉之前都会响一次铃，狗有肉吃就会流口水，久而久之，狗一听到铃声就知道有肉可吃，就会不自主地流下口水。
tā zài měi yīcì wèi gǒu chī ròu zhīqián dōu huì xiǎng yīcì líng ，gǒu yǒu ròu chī jiù huì liú kǒushuǐ ，jiǔérjiǔzhī ，gǒu yī tīngdào língshēng jiù zhīdào yǒu ròu kě chī ，jiù huì de liú xià kǒushuǐ 。
He rings the bell every time before feeding the dogs. The dogs drool when there's meat to eat. As time passed by, the dogs would know that there's meat to eat once they heard the bell, and they would drool involuntarily.
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这是为了纪念一百多年前三月八日，纽约女工游行，为自己争取平等的工作待遇。久而久之，全世界很多国家的妇女都在这天举行类似的活动。1949年新中国一成立，政府就把三月八日定为妇女节，全国女性放假半天。在这一天还有各种庆祝和纪念活动呢。
zhè shì wèile jìniàn yībǎiduō nián qián sānyuè bārì ，Niǔyuē nǚgōng yóuxíng ，wèi zìjǐ zhēngqǔ píngděng de gōngzuò dàiyù 。jiǔérjiǔzhī ，quán shìjiè hěn duō guójiā de fùnǚ dōu zài zhè tiān jǔxíng lèisì de huódòng 。949 nián xīn Zhōngguó yī chénglì ，zhèngfǔ jiù bǎ sānyuè bārì dìng wéi fùnǚjié ，quánguó nǚxìng fàngjià bàn tiān 。zài zhè yī tiān hái yǒu gèzhǒng qìngzhù hé jìniàn huódòng ne 。
It’s to commemorate March 8th, over 100 years ago, when female workers marched in their quest for equal treatment in the workforce. Over time, many women of countries all around the world would hold similar activities on this day. In 1949, as soon as China’s new government was established, it declared March 8th to be Women’s Day. All women in the country get a half-day holiday. On this day there are also all kinds of celebrations and commemorative activities.
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也许每一个男子全都有过这样的两个女人，至少两个。娶了红玫瑰，久而久之，红的变了墙上的一抹蚊子血，白的还是“床前明月光”；娶了白玫瑰，白的便是衣服上的一粒饭粒子，红的却是心口上的一颗朱砂痣。---- 出自张爱玲的小说《 红玫瑰和白玫瑰 》。
yěxǔ měi yī ge nánzǐ quándōu yǒu guo zhèyàng de liǎng ge nǚrén ，zhìshǎo liǎng ge 。qǔ le hóng méigui ，jiǔérjiǔzhī ，hóng de biàn le qiáng shàng de yī mǒ wénzi xiě ，bái de háishì “chuáng qián míngyue guāng ”；qǔ le bái méigui ，bái de biàn shì yīfu shàng de yī lì fànlìzi ，hóng de què shì xīnkǒu shàng de yī kē zhūshāzhì 。---- chūzì Zhāng Àilíng de xiǎoshuō 《 Hóng méigui hé Bái méigui 》。
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嗯，我去上海的时候听过。石库门出现于十九世纪中。当时大批难民因为打仗逃难到上海租界里，必须很多人挤在一所小房子里。久而久之，就形成了石库门这种两层楼的石质房屋。家门里面有一个很小的花园，叫天井。石库门中间细长的街道叫弄堂。以前，北京和上海的大多数居民都住在这些传统民居里。
ng4 ，wǒ qù Shànghǎi de shíhou tīng guo 。shíkùmén chūxiàn yú shíjiǔ shìjì zhōng 。dāngshí dàpī nànmín yīnwèi dǎzhàng táonàn dào Shànghǎi zūjiè lǐ ，bìxū hěn duō rén jǐ zài yī suǒ xiǎo fángzǐ lǐ 。jiǔ'érjiǔzhī ，jiù xíngchéng le shíkùmén zhèzhǒng liǎng céng lóu de shízhì fángwū 。jiāmén lǐmiàn yǒu yī ge hěn xiǎo de huāyuán ，jiào tiānjǐng 。shíkùmén zhōngjiān xìcháng de jiēdào jiào lòngtáng 。yǐqián ，Běijīng hé Shànghǎi de dàduōshù jūmín dōu zhùzài zhèxiē chuántǒng mínjū lǐ 。
Yes, I heard about it when I was in Shanghai. Shikumen came into existence in the mid-19th century. There was an influx of war refugees fleeing to the concessions in Shanghai. They had to cram into small houses. Over time, these evolved into a type of two-story house made from stone known as shikumen. There is a tiny garden inside the house called a tianjing. The long narrow lanes between shikumen houses are known as longtang. Most of the people in Beijing and Shanghai used to live in these traditional residences.
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