大江东去
dà​jiāng​dōng​qù

eastward flows the Great River

  • created sense approved 大江东去/大江東去 · dà​jiāng​dōng​qù · eastward flows the Great River — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大江东去 / 大江東去

    dà​jiāng​dōng​qù

    eastward flows the Great River

    Literally means the Yangtze River flows east; used as a metaphor for the unstoppable passage of time or an irresistible historical force

    大江 (literal) → 大江 · dà​jiāng · Yangtze River 东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · east 去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to go

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense