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    3. 百年河清

    百年河清

    百ひゃく年ねん河か清せい

    waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear

    NTExpressionsHistoryKanji Vocab31 strokes

    ひゃくねんかせい

    Expressions

    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
    yojijukugo

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    Kanji that make up this word

    百
    もも…(11)
    hundred
    年
    とし…(2)
    year・counter for years
    河
    かわ…(4)
    river
    清
    きよ.い・きよ.まる・きよ.める…(10)
    pure・purify・cleanse・exorcise・Manchu dynasty
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