衰老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak syn 转圈 轉圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush syn 年岁 年歲 nián suì years of age / age 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 转轴 轉軸 zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation 世世 shì shì from age to age 适龄 適齡 shì líng of age / of the appropriate 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 年事 nián shì years of age / age syn 轮休 輪休 lún xiū to take holidays in rotation / to stagger employees' days off / (agriculture) to lie fallow in rotation 轮作 輪作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) 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 轮训 輪訓 lún xùn training in rotation 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] 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 旋转轴 旋轉軸 xuán zhuǎn zhóu axis of rotation 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 茬口 chá kǒu harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity 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 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 年纪 年紀 nián jì age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 年龄 年齡 nián líng (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] 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 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble 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 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age 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 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 当代 當代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated 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 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age 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 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 年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age syn 年龄段 年齡段 nián líng duàn age group 现年 現年 xiàn nián (a person's) current age syn 享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of 末世 mò shì last phase (of an age) syn 黄金时代 黃金時代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age syn 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn 早衰 zǎo shuāi to age prematurely / premature senescence syn 今朝 jīn zhāo (dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age syn 春秋 chūn qiū spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn 学龄 學齡 xué líng school age 老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 今世 jīn shì this life / this age syn 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 芳龄 芳齡 fāng líng age (of a young woman) 而立之年 ér lì zhī nián the age of 30 老气横秋 老氣橫秋 lǎo qì héng qiū old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom) syn 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 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 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 育龄 育齡 yù líng childbearing age 反哺 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor 未老先衰 wèi lǎo xiān shuāi to age prematurely syn 忘年交 wàng nián jiāo friends despite the difference in age syn 陈迹 陳跡 chén jì past events / relics from a former age / ruins syn 党龄 黨齡 dǎng líng party standing / age of service to the Party 信息化 xìn xī huà informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization) 新时代 新時代 xīn shí dài new age 养老保险 養老保險 yǎng lǎo bǎo xiǎn old-age insurance 石器时代 石器時代 shí qì shí dài Stone Age 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 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 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 不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn 退休年龄 退休年齡 age at retirement 半百 bàn bǎi fifty (usually referring to sb's age) syn 惊风 驚風 jīng fēng infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) 结发 結髮 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age 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 成人礼 成人禮 chéng rén lǐ coming of age ceremony 晚育 wǎn yù late childbirth / to have a child at a later 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 陈化 陳化 chén huà to age / to mature (wine, timber etc) 宝刀未老 寶刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo treasure knife does not age (idiom) / old but still vigorous 半老徐娘 bàn lǎo xú niáng middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 