长江后浪推前浪
长江后浪推前浪
Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng
lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom); fig. the new is constantly replacing the old; each new generation excels the previous; (of things) to be constantly evolving
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Traditional: 長江後浪推前浪
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- (idiom) lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
- fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
- each new generation excels the previous
- (of things) to be constantly evolving
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Related Words
分久必合，合久必分(fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn)— lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
→三峡大坝(Sān xiá Dà bà)— Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
→三江源(Sān jiāng yuán)— Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River
→嘉陵江(Jiā líng jiāng)— Jialing river in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)
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