久jiǔⅠ ? （時間長） for a long time;long: 很 ～ 以前 long ago；～ 經(jīng)考驗的戰(zhàn)士 a long-tested fighter；
天長日 ～ after a considerable period of time；
讓你等的時間 ～ 嗎？ Have you been waiting long? 對不起，讓你 ～ 等了。 Sorry to have kept you waiting. Ⅱ （時間的長短） of a specified duration: 兩個月之 ～ for as long as two months；
你抽煙多 ～ 了？ How long have you been a smoker?
◆久別重逢 meet sb. after being apart a long time;be reunited with one's family after a long absence;meet again after a long separation;see sb. after a long separation；
久病 aeipathia;macronosia；
久病成良醫(yī) Prolonged illness makes a doctor of a patient.;An old proacher makes the best keeper.;Long illness makes the patient a (good) doctor.；
久?。ù睬埃o孝子 A constant guest is never welcome.;No filial son could be found by the bedside of a parent of long illness.；
久而久之 in the course of time;as time passes;with the lapse of time;gradually;in good time;in the long run；
久負盛名 have long enjoyed a good reputation；
久旱逢甘霖[雨] a good rain after a long drought — have a long-felt need satisfied;get a sweet [genial] shower after a long drought；
久旱無雨 suffer from a severe drought；
久諫成仇 By constant reproof one has become an enemy to another.；
久借[假]不歸 fail to return after having borrowed it for a long time;put off indefinitely returning sth. one has borrowed;appropriate sth. borrowed for one's own use；
久經(jīng)煅煉 long-steeled；
久經(jīng)風霜 have experienced all sorts of hardships；
久經(jīng)世故 well-experienced in the ways of the world;be long-tested;have weathered many storms；
久靜思動 grow weary of being quiet for a long time；
久久 for a long,long time；
久居別家招人嫌 To stay in others home too long incurs odium.;The best fish smell when they are three days old.；
久居人下 be patient for a long time under another man's domination;remain in a subordinate position for a long period;remain long in a lowly position;wade for long in the slough of dejection；
久煉成鋼 (Iron) in a long process of refinement by fire becomes steel — so is a man purified and strengthened by training.;It takes plenty of tempering to produce fine steel.;Practice makes perfect.；
久慕大名 have long respected one's valour；
久違 [套] How long it is since we last met!;I haven't seen you for ages.；
久違久違 I haven't seen you for a long time [for ages]! How long it is since we last met!;How long we have been separated.；
久聞大名，如雷貫耳 I have heard everywhere of your great name and it roars in my ears like thunder.;I have long heard of your great name,Sir,and it has been like thunder in my ears.;Your fame has long resounded in my ears like thunder.；
久仰 [套] I've long been looking forward to meeting you.;I have long desired to know you.;I'm very pleased to meet you.；
久遠 far back;ages ago;remote；
久在河邊走，沒有不濕鞋 To be always going to the waterside one cannot avoid wetting the shoes.;The pitcher goes often to the well but it is broken at last. 久jiǔprolonged; chronic; enduring |