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Definitions (Wiktionary)
adj, literary
profound; far-reaching
adj, literary
age-old; long-standing; long-term; for a long time
(syn.) 彌遠, 恆久, 长远, 延長, 曠世, 久长, 終古, 長久, 弥远, 永恒, 久远, 长久, 永久, 悠长, 漫长, 旷世, 终古, 恒久, 長遠, 久遠, 迢迢, 悠長, 久長, 延长, 漫長, 永恆, 悠久
adj, literary
many; numerous; multitudinous
(syn.) 不老少, 一系列, 儦儦, 不少, 廣, 繁多, 众多, 廣大, 𣍐少, 孔多, 广大, 许多, 眾多, 萌生, 百, 颮颮, 千百, 浩繁, 幾多, 𫧃少, 广, 很多, 諸多, 好些, 浩瀚, 飑飑, 許多, 千千, 好多, 诸多
verb, literary
to continue; to go on; to last
(syn.) 延期, 秉承, 拖逗, 展缓, 挨稽, 拖延, 不休, 不已, 推遲, 迟延, 繼承, 不斷, 耽搁, 延缓, 拖磨, 耽误, 不迭, 不断, 展緩, 耽延, 延後, 暫緩, 捱延, 挨延, 捱稽, 推宕, 耗, 耽誤, 持续, 顺延, 继续, 延误, 推延, 继承, 持續, 挨台, 延续, 不停, 拖拉, 迁延, 接续, 延遲, 遲延, 贻误, 接續, 推迟, 迟滞, 延續, 繼續, 拖, 貽誤, 順延, 拖宕, 接, 挨臺, 延迟, 遷延, 延后, 暂缓, 稽延, 缓, 耽擱, 延宕, 延誤, 遲滯, 緩, 延緩
verb, literary
to be continuous (especially of mountain ranges); to be stretching long and unbroken
verb, Hokkien
to delay (a matter); to waste time