TENTHOUSANDYEARS
Ten thousand years
In various East Asian languages, the phrase "ten thousand years" is used to wish long life, and is typically translated as "long live" in English. The phrase originated in ancient China as an expression used to wish long life to the emperor of China. Due to the political and cultural influence of China in the area, and in particular of the Chinese language, cognates with similar meanings and usage patterns have appeared in many East Asian languages.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Ten thousand years
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