一想到母亲，就泪流不止，数十年如一日。

The thought of his mother, he wept, for several decades as one day.

他数十年如一日，日以继夜地在画室不停工作，擦掉又重新开始。

Day in day out, decade after decade, he is in his studio working away, scraping off and starting again.

宗白华数十年如一日，坚持从艺术意境的求索中对传统文化作批判性反思。

Zong Baihua invariably persists in the critical meditation of the traditional culture while pursuing the artistic conception.

而可悲的是，它可以让我们数十年如一日不断追求财富和奢侈品，直到现在才明白这一点。

And the sad thing is that it could take us decades of pursuing wealth and luxury items before we realize this.