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千秋萬歲
- a thousand years and ten thousand years; a long time
千秋萬歲後，榮名安所之？
千秋万岁后，荣名安所之？ - From: c. 255~263, 阮籍 (Ruan Ji),《詠懷八十二首•其十五》, tr. Wu Fusheng and Graham Hartill
- Qiānqiūwànsuì hòu, róng míng ān suǒ zhī?
- Thousands of autumns, tens of thousands of years—what place can fame and glory hold?
千秋萬歲後，誰知榮與辱！
千秋万岁后，谁知荣与辱！ - From: c. 427, 陶淵明 (Tao Yuanming),《擬挽歌辭•其一》, tr. Wang Rongpei
- Qiānqiūwànsuì hòu, shuí zhī róng yǔ rǔ!
- Ten millennia after I am gone,
Who knows my fame or shame will linger on?
- (honorific) to live a long life
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