Word Meaning 百年河清

ひゃくねんかせい hyakunenkasei

百年河清 is read as ひゃくねんかせい (hyakunenkasei) and means waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear.

Meaning

English

waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear
waiting in vain for an unlikely event
waiting for pigs to fly
when the sky falls, we shall catch larks

Reading

Kana

ひゃくねんかせい

Romaji

hyakunenkasei

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 61453 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

百年祭

ひゃくねんさい

centenary

河清

かせい

clearing of the river water

百年の孤独

ひゃくねんのこどく

One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

百年戦争

ひゃくねんせんそう

Hundred Years War (1337-1453)

百年目

ひゃくねんめ

the hundredth year

百丈清規

ひゃくじょうしんぎ

Pure Rules of Huaihai (set of monastery regulations said to have been written by Baizhang Huaihai)

百年前

ひゃくねんまえ

one hundred years ago

百年国恥

ひゃくねんこくち

century of humiliation (in Chinese history)

千九百年代

せんきゅうひゃくねんだい

the 1900s

生誕百年

せいたんひゃくねん

100th birthday anniversary

国家百年の計

こっかひゃくねんのけい

permanent national policy

悪妻は百年の不作

あくさいはひゃくねんのふさく

a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband