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長治久安

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
long-term peace and stability; prolonged political stability
  • 长治久安
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Origin

The phrase is derived from a memorial to Emperor Wen of Han by Jia Yi, as recorded in The Book of Han. It is composed of four characters: 長, meaning long (of distance); 治, meaning to govern, regulate, or administer; 久, meaning long; and 安, meaning calm, peaceful, tranquil, or quiet.

Within these characters, 治 contains the semantic component 水 (water) and the phonetic component 台 (the original form of 怡). The character 安 consists of the semantic component 宀 (a type of deep house with a roof and walls) and the phonetic component 女₂ (a seated 女 on a cushion).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese長 “long (of distance)”
  • characterChinese治 “to govern; to regulate; to administer”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese台 “original form of 怡 (yí, “happy, pleased”)”
  • characterChinese久 “long”
  • characterChinese安 “calm; peaceful; tranquil; quiet”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese女₂ “a seated 女 on a cushion”
Wiktionary etymology text

From a memorial to Emperor Wen of Han by Jia Yi, recorded in The Book of Han

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Meanings

phrase
  1. long-term peace and stability; prolonged political stability

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 國家政局長期安定，永久太平。 例：惟有全體國民團結一致、奮發向上，國家才能長治久安。

© Ministry of Education, Taiwan — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW, shown unaltered.

Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wiktionary: 長治久安