海枯石烂

Traditional: 海枯石爛

hǎi kū shí làn

Dictionary entry

(lit.) until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom)

What does 海枯石烂 mean?

海枯石烂 (hǎi kū shí làn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom)

2(fig.) forever; until the end of time

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海Hǎisurname Hai 枯kū(of plants) withered · (of wells, rivers etc) dried up 石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei 烂lànsoft; mushy · well-cooked and soft

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