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長江後浪推前浪
coeng4 gong1 hau6 long6 teoi1 cin4 long6
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(it is a general trend that) the younger generation excels the older one; the successors get ahead of the predecessors [literal] in the Yangtze River the wave behind pushes on the wave ahead  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:長 coeng4 zoeng2 - long; length; forte; grow; older; chief江 gong1 - large river; Chinese surname 後 hau6 - behind; come after 浪 long6 - wave; dissolute 推 teoi1 - push; promote; elect; decline; postpone 前 cin4 - in front; before 浪 long6 - wave; dissolute |
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