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ヒャクネンカセイ
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
ヒャクネンカセイ
Composed of
hundert Jahre
Klar-Werden des Hwangho (Bild für etw., das nie eintreffen wird)