悠久
yōu jiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

悠久
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yōu jiǔ
  1. long (tradition, history etc)

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 (15)

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

在我印象中，台湾的金马奖还是很有看点的，它的历史也比较悠久。
zài wǒ yìnxiàng zhōng ，Táiwān de jīnmǎjiǎng háishì hěnyǒu kàndiǎn de ，tā de lìshǐ yě bǐjiào yōujiǔ 。
In my view, Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards are really worth watching. The history of the awards is also really long.
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你听说过福建有个“偷渡村”吗？那里有很悠久的移民史，从60年代以后，那里有很多人纷纷偷渡去美国打工，所以那个地区的华侨数量多得惊人。
nǐ tīngshuō guò fújiàn yǒu gè “tōudù cūn ”ma ？nàlǐ yǒu hěn yōujiǔ de yímínshǐ ，cóng liùshí niándài yǐhòu ，nàlǐ yǒu hěnduō rén fēnfēn tōudù qù měiguó dǎgōng ，suǒyǐ nàge dìqū de huáqiáo shùliàng duō de jīngrén 。
Do you know that Fujian has a whole village dedicated to people smuggling? There is a long history of emigration from the village, as from the 1960s onwards, batch after batch of people have been smuggled to America to work, resulting in a shocking number of people there who hold American passports.
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这个城市历史很悠久。
zhè ge chéngshì lìshǐ hěn yōujiǔ 。
This city has a long history.
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哎，不是说电视吗，怎么扯到我身上来了。不过，你妈说得有道理！这节目不仅鼓励外国人学汉语，还能弘扬我们中华民族悠久的文化。真没想到现在世界各地都掀起了汉语热，这说明我们国家是真的强大了。
āi ，bùshì shuō diànshì ma ，zěnme chě dào wǒ shēnshàng lái le 。bùguò ，nǐ mā shuō de yǒu dàolǐ ！zhè jiémù bùjǐn gǔlì wàiguórén xué hànyǔ ，hái néng hóngyáng wǒmen Zhōnghuá mínzú yōujiǔ de wénhuà 。zhēn méixiǎngdào xiànzài shìjiègèdì dōu xiānqǐ le Hànyǔrè ，zhè shuōmíng wǒmen guójiā shì zhēnde qiángdà le 。
Hey, aren't we talking about TV? How did we start talking about me? However, what your mother is saying makes sense! Not only does this program encourage foreigners to learn Chinese, it also further enhances the Chinese peoples' long and storied culture. I really couldn't imagine that Chinese would become this popular all over the world. This shows our country really is great and powerful.
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中国有历史悠久的文明和灿烂的文化，而且近几年的发展也让人惊叹。
Zhōngguó yǒu lìshǐ yōujiǔ de wénmíng hé cànlàn de wénhuà ，érqiě jìnjǐnián de fāzhǎn yě ràngrén jīngtàn 。
Chinese civilization has a long history and a magnificent culture. Even so, the development of the past few years has really stunned people.
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他们是在踩高跷，这种表演在中国有着很悠久的历史。
tāmen shì zài cǎigāoqiāo ，zhèzhǒng biǎoyǎn zài Zhōngguó yǒuzhe hěn yōujiǔ de lìshǐ 。
They're doing stilt-walking. This kind of performance has a really long history in China.
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北大多神圣啊，历史悠久，都是高手，我崇拜死他们了。
Běidà duō shénshèng a ，lìshǐ yōujiǔ ，dōu shì gāoshǒu ，wǒ chóngbài sǐ tāmen le 。
Beijing University is so revered, and has such a long history. Everyone there is so top notch--I'm in awe of them.
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