久jiǔⅠ （时间长） for a long time;long: 很 ～ 以前 long ago；～ 经考验的战士 a long-tested fighter；
天长日 ～ after a considerable period of time；
让你等的时间 ～ 吗？ Have you been waiting long? 对不起，让你 ～ 等了。 Sorry to have kept you waiting. Ⅱ （时间的长短） of a specified duration: 两个月之 ～ for as long as two months；
你抽烟多 ～ 了？ How long have you been a smoker?
◆久别重逢 meet sb. after being apart a long time;be reunited with one's family after a long absence;meet again after a long separation;see sb. after a long separation；
久病 aeipathia;macronosia；
久病成良医 Prolonged illness makes a doctor of a patient.;An old proacher makes the best keeper.;Long illness makes the patient a (good) doctor.；
久病（床前）无孝子 A constant guest is never welcome.;No filial son could be found by the bedside of a parent of long illness.；
久而久之 in the course of time;as time passes;with the lapse of time;gradually;in good time;in the long run；
久负盛名 have long enjoyed a good reputation；
久旱逢甘霖[雨] a good rain after a long drought — have a long-felt need satisfied;get a sweet [genial] shower after a long drought；
久旱无雨 suffer from a severe drought；
久谏成仇 By constant reproof one has become an enemy to another.；
久借[假]不归 fail to return after having borrowed it for a long time;put off indefinitely returning sth. one has borrowed;appropriate sth. borrowed for one's own use；
久经煅炼 long-steeled；
久经风霜 have experienced all sorts of hardships；
久经世故 well-experienced in the ways of the world;be long-tested;have weathered many storms；
久静思动 grow weary of being quiet for a long time；
久久 for a long,long time；
久居别家招人嫌 To stay in others home too long incurs odium.;The best fish smell when they are three days old.；
久居人下 be patient for a long time under another man's domination;remain in a subordinate position for a long period;remain long in a lowly position;wade for long in the slough of dejection；
久炼成钢 (Iron) in a long process of refinement by fire becomes steel — so is a man purified and strengthened by training.;It takes plenty of tempering to produce fine steel.;Practice makes perfect.；
久慕大名 have long respected one's valour；
久违 [套] How long it is since we last met!;I haven't seen you for ages.；
久违久违 I haven't seen you for a long time [for ages]! How long it is since we last met!;How long we have been separated.；
久闻大名，如雷贯耳 I have heard everywhere of your great name and it roars in my ears like thunder.;I have long heard of your great name,Sir,and it has been like thunder in my ears.;Your fame has long resounded in my ears like thunder.；
久仰 [套] I've long been looking forward to meeting you.;I have long desired to know you.;I'm very pleased to meet you.；
久远 far back;ages ago;remote；
久在河边走，没有不湿鞋 To be always going to the waterside one cannot avoid wetting the shoes.;The pitcher goes often to the well but it is broken at last. 久jiǔprolonged; chronic; enduring |