汉英词典
MEANING OF 源遠流長
lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
The source is far away and the current is very long / Metaphor has a long history
河流的源头很远，水流很长。常比喻历史悠久，根底深厚。语本唐白居易《海州刺史裴君夫人李氏墓志铭》"夫源远者流长，根深者枝茂。"
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