万物更替,天地轮回

07:38 May 30, 2008
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Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore
Chinese term or phrase: 万物更替,天地轮回
万物更替,天地轮回,五百年后,会有三个好朋友发现此信
Denyce Seow
Singapore
Local time: 15:03


Summary of answers provided
3 +1alternation of universe,recurrence of heaven and earth
belindaccg
3changing world and metempsychic universe
fly away
3after that all things have changed and the heaven and the earth turned over and over again
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
3renewal and transmutation of all matter within the universe
Michael Lai


  

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changing world and metempsychic universe


Explanation:

for information

fly away
China
Local time: 15:03
Native speaker of: Chinese
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alternation of universe,recurrence of heaven and earth


Explanation:
alternation of universe,recurrence of heaven and earth


belindaccg
China
Local time: 15:03
Native speaker of: Native in KoreanKorean, Native in ChineseChinese, Native in Cantonese (Yue Chinese)Cantonese (Yue Chinese)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva: (but it's for time) 时间 分钟 C)alternate意为“交替,更迭,轮流”,如:Day alternates with night.昼夜更替,日月轮回。 (Google)
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after that all things have changed and the heaven and the earth turned over and over again


Explanation:
After that all things have changed and the heaven and the earth turned over and over again, there will be three good friends who find this letter written 500 hundred years ago.

Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
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2 days 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
renewal and transmutation of all matter within the universe


Explanation:
Probably not a good idea to translate this too literally, because it makes the text to follow sound awkward to me.

Michael Lai
Local time: 17:03
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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