海枯石烂
hǎi​kū​shí​làn

forever

  • created sense approved 海枯石烂/海枯石爛 · hǎi​kū​shí​làn · forever — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    海枯石烂 / 海枯石爛

    hǎi​kū​shí​làn

    forever

    (idiom) lit. until the seas dry up and the rocks rot; used in oaths of love or loyalty to mean forever, until the end of time, or that one's will will never change even through immense worldly shifts

    海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea 枯 (literal) → 枯 · kū · dried up 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 烂 (literal) → 烂/爛 · làn · to rot

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

    created sense