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"decrepit old age" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
皓首苍颜 皓首蒼顏 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom) / decrepit old age
Chinese Pinyin Translation
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age 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
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
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
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)
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
衰老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak syn
寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn
耄龄 耄齡 mào líng old age / eighties, nineties, or greater (of age)
一把年纪 一把年紀 yī bǎ nián jì to be of an advanced age / to be old / an advanced age
老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) syn
颓老 頹老 tuí lǎo old and decrepit / senile
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
穷当益坚，老当益壮 窮當益堅，老當益壯 qióng dāng yì jiān , lǎo dāng yì zhuàng poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom) / robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age
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
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
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
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
颓然 頹然 tuí rán decrepit / ruined / disappointed syn
危房 wēi fáng decrepit house syn
龙钟 龍鍾 lóng zhōng decrepit / senile syn
衰朽 shuāi xiǔ decaying / decrepit / aged and crumbling syn
龙锺 龍鍾 lóng zhōng decrepit / senile
颓坏 頹壞 tuí huài dilapidated / decrepit
颓朽 頹朽 tuí xiǔ decaying / rotten / decrepit
衰迈 衰邁 shuāi mài aged / decrepit
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
翻老账 翻老賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账 翻舊賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem 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
老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn
养老保险 養老保險 yǎng lǎo bǎo xiǎn old-age insurance
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn
白头 白頭 bái tóu hoary head / old age syn
变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging
中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age syn
老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn
反哺 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor
暮年 mù nián one's declining years / one's old age syn
秋霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age
垂老 chuí lǎo approaching old age
积弊 積弊 jī bì age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition) syn
宝刀未老 寶刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo treasure knife does not age (idiom) / old but still vigorous
危境 wēi jìng dangerous situation / venerable old age syn
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn
积年 積年 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age syn
垂暮之年 chuí mù zhī nián old age syn
旧 舊 jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age) syn
齯 ní teeth grown in old age
七老八十 qī lǎo bā shí in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people) syn
老大徒伤悲 老大徒傷悲 lǎo dà tú shāng bēi vain regrets of old age (idiom)
落叶归根 落葉歸根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home syn
老蚌生珠 lǎo bàng shēng zhū lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
白头谐老 白頭諧老 bái tóu xié lǎo live to ripe old age in conjugal bliss / remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives
养儿防老 養兒防老 yǎng ér fáng lǎo (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
旹 shí time (old form of 时|時) / season / era / age / period
暮景 mù jǐng an evening scene / fig. one's old age
服老 fú lǎo to admit to one's advancing years / to acquiesce to old age
老境 lǎo jìng advanced years / old age syn
老年期 lǎo nián qī old age
耄耋之年 mào dié zhī nián old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more) syn
预测老年死亡率及其后果工作组 Working Group on Projecting Old-Age Mortality and its Consequences
残疾、老年和遗属津贴公约 殘疾、老年和遺屬津貼公約 Convention concerning Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits
高龄森林 高齡森林 gāo líng sēn lín age-old forest
农业受雇用人强制性老年保险公约 農業受雇用人強制性老年保險公約 Convention concerning Compulsory Old-Age Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings
树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
少年夫妻老来伴 少年夫妻老來伴 shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
𫐐 輗 ní clamps for crossbar of carriage / teeth grown in old age
含饴弄孙 含飴弄孫 hán yí nòng sūn lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom) / fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
暮岁 暮歲 mù suì the last days of the year / old age
老死 lǎo sǐ to die of old age
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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