Definition of 百年河清 (ひゃくねんかせい)
ひゃくねんかせい
百年河清
ひゃくねんかせい
hyakunenkasei
expression
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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)
Related Kanji
| 百 | hundred |
| 年 | year, counter for years |
| 河 | river |
| 清 | pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty |