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百ひゃく年ねん河か清せい
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
Kanji used
百
hundred
年
year
河
waterway
清
clean
Used in: 2
Composed of
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
clearing of the river water