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HSK
2

eternity

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

yong3 yǒng

Meaning


Primary

eternity

Alternatives

forever, eternal

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is in the [3] basement of the [-ong] temple where he meditates with some other monks. Placed on the middle of the rock basement floor is half of a green spotted egg shell, and some 水 water 丶 drops into it from the ceiling. It has been doing this for an 永 eternity, it seems. And Yoshi and the monks have been in the dark basement for a 永 eternity contemplating the endlessness of 永 eternity, with the 丶 drops of 水 water serving as a metronome of sorts.

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