千秋万岁 qiānqiūwànsuì throughout the ages Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents qiānqiūwànsuì throughout the ages 千秋 qiānqiū a thousand years a thousand years; a very long time万岁 萬歲 wànsuì ten thousand years Ten thousand years; eternity; a very long period of timeqiānqiūwànsuì long life 千秋 qiānqiū birthday an honorific used to refer to a person's birthday, especially for elderly people万岁 萬歲 wànsuì verb long live Used as an exclamation to wish for eternal existence or to celebrate someone or somethingqiānqiūwànsuì to pass away 千秋 qiānqiū death (literary) a polite or indirect way to refer to someone's death; passing away万岁 萬歲 wànsuì death of a monarch (literary) A polite or indirect way to refer to the death of a king or emperor