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长达

cháng dá

“To extend as long as” in Chinese is 长达 (cháng dá).

Meaning

  • to extend as long as
  • to lengthen out to

Example

为了不被洪水冲走,有的人紧紧地抱着树干长达数个钟头。

Some people clung to tree branches for several hours to avoid being washed away by the floodwaters.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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