Meaning of 百年河清 in Japanese
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百年河清
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Kana Readingひゃくねんかせい
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Romajihyakunenkasei
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- waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks
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Related Kanji
清
JLPT 2
11 strokes
pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
On'Yomi: セイ, ショウ, シン
Kun'Yomi: きよ.い, きよ.まる, きよ.める