千cin1秋cau1

English

1. a thousand years
2. your birthday (honorific)
3. a thousand autumns; a metaphor for a really long period of time or a vast historyunreviewed?
4. swing; a seat suspended from ropes or chains to allow the user to swing themselves in a pendulum motion; commonly found on children's playgroundsunreviewed?
5. a positive euphemism for a senior's or a deity's birthday as to wish for their longevityunreviewed?
6. merit; specialtyunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 即一千年，比喻一段好長嘅時間或者歷史unreviewed?
2. 一種遊戲裝置，由兩條垂吊嘅繩或者鏈下面連住塊板或者條車軚嘅兩邊而組成；玩嘅人喺上面，兩隻手捉實兩條繩或者鏈，靠身體嘅力量或者後面外力推動，前後搖盪（量詞：個）unreviewed?
3. 指長輩或者神明生日，有恭維佢長壽千歲嘅意思unreviewed?
4. 長處或者特點unreviewed?

Examples

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  盪韆鞦

  to play swing

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  千秋萬世

  A thousand autumns and ten thousand aeons ----

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  :各有千秋

  each having its own merits

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  韆鞦好好玩。

  Playing on swings is fun.

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  佢哋喺公園度打韆鞦。

  They're playing on the swings on the playground.

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  以前皇帝生日叫「萬壽」，王爺就叫「千秋」。

  In the past, the emperor's birthday was called 'Man-Jiu', and a prince's was called 'Chin-Chau'. ----