長江後浪推前浪

Chinese
long river; Yangtze River
 
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 
wave; breaker; unrestrained
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
 push; refuse (responsibility); shove
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
wave; breaker; unrestrained
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (長江後浪推前浪) 長江 後 浪 推 前 浪
simp. (长江后浪推前浪) 长江 后 浪 推 前 浪
Literally: “In the Yangtze River the waves behind push on those ahead.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Chángjiāng hòulàng tuī qiánlàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄤˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng4 gong1 hau6 long6 teoi1 cin4 long6
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: Chángjiāng hòulàng tuī qiánlàng
      • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄤˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: Chángjiang hòulàng tuei ciánlàng
      • Wade–Giles: Chʻang2-chiang1 hou4-lang4 tʻui1 chʻien2-lang4
      • Yale: Cháng-jyāng hòu-làng twēi chyán-làng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charngjiang howlanq tuei chyanlanq
      • Palladius: Чанцзян хоулан туй цяньлан (Čanczjan xoulan tuj cjanʹlan)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵⁻⁵⁵ lɑŋ⁵¹/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

長江後浪推前浪

  1. new things replace old things; the younger (new) generation replaces and surpasses the older (previous) generation

Synonyms
  • 長江後浪催前浪／长江后浪催前浪
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