百年河清

Reading

Kana: ひゃくねんかせい

Romaji: hyakunenkasei

Definition

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1

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

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

百

Readings: ヒャク、 ビャク、 もも

Meaning: hundred

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

河

Readings: カ、 かわ

Meaning: river

清

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 シン、 きよ.い、 きよ.まる、 きよ.める

Meanings: pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty