zhū liú bì zhuǎndictionary entry
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lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
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珠流璧轉 珠流璧转 [zhu1 liu2 bi4 zhuan3] /lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time/water under the bridge/

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珠流璧转
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