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cinˎ₄longˍ₆
Pinyin
qian2 lang4
Translations
noun
the older generation [colloquial]
coengˎ₄gongˉ¹hauˍ₆longˍ₆teoiˉ¹cinˎ₄longˍ₆
(长江后浪推前浪)
Pinyin
chang2 jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4
Translations
noun
in the Yangtze River the wave behind pushes on the wave ahead
noun
(it is a general trend that) the younger generation excels the older one; the successors get ahead of the predecessors
hauˍ₆longˍ₆teoiˉ¹cinˎ₄longˍ₆
(后浪推前浪)
Pinyin
hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4
Translations
noun
existing generation will be replaced by the new generation