长此以往
cháng​cǐ​yǐ​wǎng

if things continue this way

  • created sense approved 长此以往/長此以往 · cháng​cǐ​yǐ​wǎng · if things continue this way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长此以往 / 長此以往

    cháng​cǐ​yǐ​wǎng

    if things continue this way

    if things go on like this for a long time; used mostly to describe a situation that will lead to a negative result

    长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 此 (literal) → 此 · cǐ · in this way 以往 (literal) → 以往 · yǐ​wǎng · from now on

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

    created sense