旷日持久 (kuàng rì chí jiǔ) | Meaning: protracted (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

for years · over the years经年累月jīng nián lěi yuè

if things continue this way · if things go on like this · if always going on like this长此以往cháng cǐ yǐ wǎng

year in, year out (idiom) · (over) many years长年累月cháng nián lěi yuè

long-time; long-term · lasting; enduring; permanent · for a long time长久cháng jiǔ

far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever遥遥无期yáo yáo wú qī

protracted (idiom) · long and drawn-out