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俟河之清
sì​hé​zhī​qīng

waiting for the millennium

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
俟河之清 sì​hé​zhī​qīng
waiting for the millennium
to wait for the Yellow River to run clear; used as a metaphor for waiting for something impossible to happen, or for a corrupt political situation to become clean

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0.006 per million

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  • 河清 hé​qīng

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