衰老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak syn 年岁 年歲 nián suì years of age / age syn 世世 shì shì from age to age 适龄 適齡 shì líng of age / of the appropriate age syn 年事 nián shì years of age / age syn 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 婚龄 婚齡 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 高寿 高壽 gāo shòu longevity / venerable age / your venerable age? syn 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 破瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 白头到老 白頭到老 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part 耄龄 耄齡 mào líng old age / eighties, nineties, or greater (of age) 准予就业最低年龄公约 準予就業最低年齡公約 Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment / Minimum Age Convention, 1973 参加劳动队伍年龄 參加勞動隊伍年齡 age at entry into the labour force / age at accession to the labour force 寿终 壽終 shòu zhōng to die of old age / to live to a ripe old age / (fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service) 一把年纪 一把年紀 yī bǎ nián jì to be of an advanced age / to be old / an advanced age 冠礼 冠禮 guàn lǐ the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 迷离 迷離 mí lí blurred / hard to make out distinctly syn 眼花 yǎn huā dimmed eyesight / blurred / vague and unclear vision syn 昏花 hūn huā dim (eyesight) / blurred (vision) syn 老眼昏花 lǎo yǎn hūn huā blurred vision of an old person (idiom) 微茫 wēi máng hazy / blurred syn 糢 mó blurred 迷离惝恍 迷離惝恍 mí lí chǎng huǎng (idiom) blurred / confusing 雾里看花 霧里看花 wù lǐ kàn huā lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom) / fig. blurred vision syn 头昏眼晕 頭昏眼暈 tóu hūn yǎn yūn head spinning and blurred vision / giddy / in a faint 头昏眼花 頭昏眼花 tóu hūn yǎn huā to faint with blurred vision (idiom) / dizzy and eyes dimmed syn 头晕眼花 頭暈眼花 tóu yūn yǎn huā to faint with blurred vision (idiom) / dizzy and eyes dimmed syn 恛 huí disordered / indistinct doubtful / blurred 疏疏 shū shū sparse / blurred / old for 楚楚[chu3 chu3] / neat / lovely 瞈矇 wěng méng blurred vision 瞈蒙 瞈矇 wěng méng blurred vision 晕染 暈染 yùn rǎn to smudge (become smeared) / to smudge (create a blurred effect) / shading (wash painting technique) 浮光掠影 fú guāng lüè yǐng flickering light and passing shadows (idiom) / blurred scenery / cursory / superficial syn 睁眼瞎 睜眼瞎 zhēng yǎn xiā an illiterate / sb who has blurred vision / sb who is willfully blind syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn 年龄 年齡 nián líng (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 信息化 xìn xī huà informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization) 年纪 年紀 nián jì age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 当代 當代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era syn 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 春秋 chūn qiū spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 新时代 新時代 xīn shí dài new age 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated 年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age syn 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn 养老保险 養老保險 yǎng lǎo bǎo xiǎn old-age insurance 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 今世 jīn shì this life / this age syn 现年 現年 xiàn nián (a person's) current age syn 今朝 jīn zhāo (dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age syn 石器时代 石器時代 shí qì shí dài Stone Age 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn 年龄段 年齡段 nián líng duàn age group 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 信息时代 信息時代 xìn xī shí dài information age 兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) 白头 白頭 bái tóu hoary head / old age syn 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 同龄人 同齡人 tóng líng rén peer / one's contemporary / person of the same age syn 同龄 同齡 tóng líng of the same age syn 中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age syn 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 黄金时代 黃金時代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age syn 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 育龄 育齡 yù líng childbearing age 新丁 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice 享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of 老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn 行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 末世 mò shì last phase (of an age) syn 不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 退休年龄 退休年齡 age at retirement 反哺 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor 早衰 zǎo shuāi to age prematurely / premature senescence syn 芳龄 芳齡 fāng líng age (of a young woman) 而立之年 ér lì zhī nián the age of 30 学龄 學齡 xué líng school age 大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) syn 老气横秋 老氣橫秋 lǎo qì héng qiū old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom) syn 