In China, nine has the similar pronunciation with the word "forever", meaning long life.

在中国，“九”与“久”谐音，寓意长寿。

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There is also a room of plants which includes a special bonsai12 tree, the trunk of which happens to be shaped like the Chinese sign meaning long life.

有一间房内放着盆景，其中有一棵树很特殊，这树的树干形状正像汉字的“寿”。

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He spoke for a long time but his meaning didn't really come across.

他讲了很久，但并没有人真正理解他的意思。

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He wrote a long and detailed history of Britain, attempting to create the meaning of that little island that he always assumed was God's chosen nation.

他写了一部长而具体的英国史，试图论证这座小岛的重大意义,他一直相信英国是上帝所选的国度。

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House Republicans and Senate Democrats already have passed budget resolutions, meaning the long-delayed White House proposal can be viewed as a political document aimed at influencing deficit-reduction discussions.

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What's worse, the Storm2's implementation requires a surprising amount of effort to actuate, meaning that long messages were a chore to type out -- not only do they wear out your fingers, but it gets old hearing the screen's loud "thunk" each and every time you type a letter, which we find considerably more noticeable than the traditional click of a physical QWERTY keyboard.

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Fortunately, Mr Barroso knows the meaning of a long march.

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