be as everlasting as the sun and the moon
Sun, moon and sky, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ì Yu è J ī ngTi ā n, which means that the sun and moon pass through the sky every day. It means that the sun and moon are bright and upright for a long time. It comes from the biography of Feng Yan in the later Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in the book of the later Han Dynasty, biography of Feng Yan: "it's not enough to compare with the Zhaozhao, the sun and the moon, the river and the sea and the land."
Idiom usage
It is often used in conjunction with "rivers and places".
be as everlasting as the sun and the moon
start at dawn and arrive at dusk - zhāo fā xī zhì
something which enjoys an empty name but serves no practical purpose - nán jī běi dǒu
Cut one's head according to one's plan - jù tú wěn shǒu