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"悠久" is often used to describe a period of history (I read it from ), and I wonder how does the adv "悠" work in "悠久".

I've searched, the complete word means,

悠久，汉语词汇，形容词（褒义）。
拼音：yōu jiǔ
词义：长久；久远。

But I can't figure out what does "悠" mean.

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悠 has the same meaning as 久 in this case.

It is a kind of word making method in Chinese, which combines two synonymic characters together. Perhaps the terminology tautology can be used here.

For example: 亲吻 拥抱 战斗 早晨 林木

Tianjian Qin
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  • Yip Po-ching CLCS uses the term juxtapositional （not accepted by US(?) spellcheck）type V-V:亲吻、拥抱，N-N： 战斗、早晨、林木， Chinese term 并列 – user6065 Dec 13 '17 at 13:41
  • @user6065 Thanks for your correction. And 战斗 is either V-V or N-N, as verb or noun should be decided depending on the context. – Tianjian Qin Dec 13 '17 at 14:10