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ひゃくねんかせい
Meanings
Expression
Four character compound
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
Alt. forms
百
ひゃく
年
ねん
河
か
清
せい
ひゃくねんかせい
Composed of
ひゃくねん
century; hundred years;
(fig.)
a long time
かせい
clearing of the river water