MEANING/意义
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a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)Type noun/名词
千秋
EXAMPLES/列句
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千秋伟业，毁于一旦。
A thousand years' great achievements were destroyed in one day. -
两个黄鹂鸣翠柳，一行白鹭上青天。窗含西岭千秋雪，门泊东吴万里船。
Two yellow orioles sing in the green willows; A flock of white egrets surge up the blue sky. In my window is framed the snow-capped peak of Mount West; Close by my door are moored boats from faraway Wu. (Poem by Du Fu, a poet from the Tang Dynasty)
COMBINATIONS/组合
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各有千秋
each has his merits; each has his strong points; each achieves the height of his ability
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万古千秋
existing eternally; lasting through all the ages
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光照千秋
shine forever
