# 天长地久 (tiānchángdìjiǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 天长地久 (tiānchángdìjiǔ) means “everlasting; eternal”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: everlasting; eternal
- Pinyin: tiānchángdìjiǔ (tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3)
- Traditional: 天長地久
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他们希望友谊能天长地久。
  Tāmen xīwàng yǒuyì néng tiānchángdìjiǔ.
  They hope their friendship will last forever.

## Characters

- [天](https://hanziro.com/word/tian-day/) (tiān): day; sky
- [长](https://hanziro.com/word/chang-long/) (cháng): long
- [地](https://hanziro.com/word/de-adverbial-marker/) (de): (particle) adverbial marker
- [久](https://hanziro.com/word/jiu-long-time/) (jiǔ): a long time

https://hanziro.com/word/tian-chang-di-jiu-everlasting/

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