長繩繫日
cháng​shéng​jì​rì

to try to stop the passage of time

  • created sense approved 长绳系日/長繩繫日 · cháng​shéng​jì​rì · to try to stop the passage of time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长绳系日 / 長繩繫日

    cháng​shéng​jì​rì

    to try to stop the passage of time

    literally to tie up the sun with a long rope; an idiom used to describe a desire to stop time from passing or to stay young forever young

    cháng​shéng​xì​rì

    长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 绳 (literal) → 绳/繩 · shéng · rope 系 (literal) → 系 · xì · to tie 日 (literal) → 日 · rì · sun

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

    created sense