dìlǎotiānhuāng

地老天荒

Word · Idiom

till the end of time; eternal

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

idiom

till the end of time; for all eternity; till heaven and earth grow old

literary

Literary idiom expressing extreme duration or permanence; often used in vows of eternal love. Cross-reference to 天荒地老 (tiān huāng dì lǎo), which shares the same meaning with reversed word order.

Tā他
men们
fā发
shì誓
yào要
xiāng相
ài爱
dào到
dì地
lǎo老
tiān天
huāng荒
 。

They swore to love each other till the end of time.

Zòng纵
rán然
dì地
lǎo老
tiān天
huāng荒
 ,
cǐ此
qíng情
bù不
yú渝
 。

Even if heaven and earth grow old, this love will never change.

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Zhè这
fèn份
chéng承
nuò诺
 ,
dì地
lǎo老
tiān天
huāng荒
 ,
yǒng永
bù不
biàn变
xīn心
 。

This promise will last till the end of time, never changing.