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<< review queue entry 61601 - submitted by 'kevinmaynard' >> Defined as above in De Francis, ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary. 緜長 miáncháng Continu; prolongé; indéfini. Sans interruption. GRAND RICCI, vol. IV, p. 445, col. 2 [緜 = old variant of 綿] zdic.net gives 延長不絕。 http://www.zdic.net/c/5/151/334818.htm -------------------------------- Editor: Many dictionaries make it seem like this word relates only to things that last a long time. KEY ~ prolonged; long-lasting PLC ~ lasting a long time; drawn out; continuous ABC ~ continuous; prolonged In fact, it's often spacial, referring to things that extend physically over a great *distance*. See the examples below. The gloss "long" is useful because it covers both cases (spacial and temporal). ---------------------------------------------- 1) SPACIAL (extensive) 大陸型國家地形廣闊，河流蜿蜒、綿長，坡度平緩， In continental countries with their broad terrain, long meandering rivers and gentle slopes, 台灣地區海岸線總共長達一千六百多公里，海岸線不僅綿長，而且底質富於變化： Taiwan's coastline is 1,600 kilometers long, with complex and varied geology. 「就像寫毛筆字一樣，綿長的瀝粉線條要勻稱流暢、一氣呵成，考得是師父的懸腕功夫，」 "It's just like doing calligraphy with a writing brush-the line of lifen has to be even and smooth, and you have to finish it in one go. It's all in the wrist action," 孩子們也有揮灑的空間，綿長步道上，一塊塊方框，可供孩子們以粉筆塗鴉。 There's even a long walkway where children can let their artistic instincts run wild as they color on the flagstones with chalk. 到四大山脈裡的綿長林道 the long forestry roads which wind through Taiwan's four major mountain ranges 生活在擁有綿長海岸線的台灣， Despite living in a place with an extensive coastline, for a long time people in Taiwan engaged in only limited seaside recreation 長期以來，花蓮由於隔著綿長山脈與西部平原阻絕， Separated from the western plains by the natural barrier of a long mountain range, 印尼國土東西綿長， when you consider how far Indonesia’s territory stretches from east to west 例如，紐西蘭人習以Aotearoa（綿長白雲的故鄉）稱呼自己的國家 with many Kiwis readily referring to the country by its Maori name, Aotearoa (generally translated as “Land of the Long White Cloud”). ---------------------------------------------- 2) TEMPORAL (prolonged) 風入松林，聲音悠遠綿長。 When the wind blows through the pine wood, it raises a distant, lingering voice. 為何這部典籍會留存台灣？這牽涉到複雜而綿長的沖繩歷史。 「全身保家」、「安家」、「不敗家辱親」、「欲家道之綿長」等， to protect the family, to make the family secure, to prevent the family honor from being tarnished, and to seek the extension of the family line 跟著兒童讀經的首推者王財貴綿綿長長、口若懸河地背誦中國經典， they read classical Chinese works along with advocate of children's classical studies Wang Tsai-kuei. 接著輕柔綿長的古琴響起， Lingering tones of the guqin (Chinese seven-stringed zither) then arose, 多也擁有「才剛斷奶就給抱來吃點心」的綿長味覺記憶。 可以一口氣綿長不絕、遍遊全身， also allows you to lengthen a single breath so that the qi can reach every part of the body 綿長的姊妹情誼 |
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# 綿長 绵长 [mian2chang2] /continuous/prolonged/ # Editor: + 綿長 绵长 [mian2 chang2] /long and continuous/ |