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| Processed by: | richwarm (2026-02-28 06:01:25 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 86015 - submitted by 'becky82' >> It does not seem to have the meaning "a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then". ("Water under the bridge" is an English metaphor wherein there's some kind of conflict, but it was so long ago, it doesn't matter anymore [or something in that ballpark].) My 《现代汉语词典》 says 水源很远，水流很长。比喻历史悠久。 (long history) Other dictionaries mention long history too: - 水的源頭很遠，流經的路程很長。比喻歷史悠久，根柢深厚。 https://www.moedict.tw/%E6%BA%90%E9%81%A0%E6%B5%81%E9%95%B7 - 该成语常比喻历史悠久、根底深厚，多用于形容中华文明、文化等具有悠久历史的事物。 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%BA%90%E8%BF%9C%E6%B5%81%E9%95%BF/10883758 They all define it as implying 历史悠久. The examples I've seen seem to be quite positive: - 我国农耕文明源远流长 https://nynct.xinjiang.gov.cn/xjnynct/c113587/202401/3966d590452046e298a9e0cd314f719e.shtml - 如果不从源远流长的历史连续性来认识中国，就不可能理解古代中国 http://theory.people.com.cn/n1/2023/0616/c40531-40014773.html ------------------- Editor: > It does not seem to have the meaning ... Quite right. A lot of our older expressions were fancifully interpreted. 文面是泰雅族源远流长的传统 保安宫的家姓戏源远流长，至少始于清末日据时代。 茶…更是一种源远流长的文化。 我与教廷邦谊源远流长，自1942年建交迄今。 |
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- 源遠流長 源远流长 [yuan2 yuan3 liu2 chang2] /lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past/a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then/ # + 源遠流長 源远流长 [[yuan2yuan3-liu2chang2]] /lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past/ + 源遠流長 源远流长 [[yuan2yuan3-liu2chang2]] /(idiom) of long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient times/ |