千年王八萬年龜

千年王八万年龟
qiānniánwángbawànniánguī

Turtles live a life that is long as a thousand or ten thousand years. (a Chinese folk belief)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 千年 qiānnián millennium
2 王八 wángba
  1. softshell turtle
  2. cuckold
  3. (old) male owner of a brothel
=3 萬年 Wànnián see 萬年縣 Wànnián Xiàn
=3 萬年 wànnián
  1. (figurative) all ages; eternity
  2. (figurative, rare) lifetime
  3. (～縣) Wannian (a county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China)
  4. Wannian (a county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China)
  5. all ages; eternity
  6. lifetime
  7. ten thousand years
=4 龜 guī
  1. tortoise; turtle
  2. (coll.) cuckold
=4 龜 jūn variant of 皸 jūn
=4 龜 qiū used in 龜茲 Qiūcí