adverb

Archaism.
  1. for millennia and millennia, for years and years, forever and ever.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
千代に八千代に ちよにやちよに

Contained Kanji Breakdown

thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
substitute, change, convert
ダイ か.わる よ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)