(lit.) until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom); (fig.) forever; until the end of time
trad. 海枯石爛
Also written 海枯石爛【hǎi kū shí làn】
Characters in this word
4海
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surname Hai
- Pinyin
- Hǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2637 of 2500
枯
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(of plants) withered, (of wells, rivers etc) dried up, (bound form) dull; boring, (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
- Pinyin
- kū
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 29405 of 2500
石
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surname Shi, abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
- Pinyin
- Shí
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7503 of 2500
烂
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soft; mushy, well-cooked and soft, to rot; to decompose, rotten, worn out, chaotic; messy, utterly; thoroughly, crappy; bad
- Pinyin
- làn
- Traditional
- 爛
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2878 of 2500