源远流长 in English yuan2 yuan3 liu2 chang2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) source is distant and the flow is long (idiomatic expression); metaphorically sth goes back to the dim and distant past
  • a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then

Simplified Characters

源 远 流 长

Traditional Characters

源 遠 流 長

Pinyin

yuan2 yuan3 liu2 chang2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

源yuan2root 远yuan3far 流liu2to flow 长zhang3length