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"sixty-five years old" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
六十五岁 六十五歲 liù shí wǔ suì sixty-five years old
Chinese Pinyin Translation
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle
一甲子 yī jiǎ zǐ sixty years
六十五 liù shí wǔ sixty-five
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years?
最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years
五劳七伤 五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
五常 wǔ cháng the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[ren2], justice 義|义[yi4], propriety 禮|礼[li3], wisdom 智[zhi4] and honor 信[xin4] / alternative term for 五倫|五伦[wu3lun2], the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行[wu3xing2], the five elements syn
五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder
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
六十 liù shí sixty / 60
卦 guà divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
耆 qí man of sixty or seventy syn
多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn
年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade) syn
历年 歷年 lì nián over the years / bygone years syn
数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years
往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn
早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn
连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn
昔年 xī nián former years / previous years syn
经年累月 經年累月 jīng nián lěi yuè for years / over the years syn
颐养天年 頤養天年 yí yǎng tiān nián lit. to nurture one's years (idiom) / fig. to enjoy one's later years
只不过几年前 只不過幾年前 zhǐ bù guò jǐ nián qián only a few years ago / just a few years ago
十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
沈阳故宫 瀋陽故宮 shěn yáng gù gōng Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
三十年河东，三十年河西 三十年河東，三十年河西 sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián - shù mù , bǎi nián - shù rén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
韶华 韶華 sháo huá (literary) prime years / youthful years syn
全国代表大会 全國代表大會 quán guó dài biǎo dà huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
五百年前是一家 wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
聚众淫乱罪 聚眾淫亂罪 jù zhòng yín luàn zuì group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC)
冻容 凍容 dòng róng "youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn
伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
五鬼闹判 五鬼鬧判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
五权宪法 五權憲法 wǔ quán xiàn fǎ Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
五人墓碑记 五人墓碑記 wǔ rén mù bēi jì Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1xian2] during the late Ming dynasty
北汉 北漢 běi hàn Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
五加五 wǔ jiā wǔ Five plus Five
五五一一 Five-Five Sin-Sin
五年期一年期 Five-Five Sin-Sin
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
老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn
十九岁 十九歲 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old
古稀 gǔ xī seventy years old
二十六岁 二十六歲 èr shí liù suì 26 years old
超龄 超齡 chāo líng too old / overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years / adultlike
暮年 mù nián one's declining years / one's old age syn
老当益壮 老當益壯 lǎo dāng yì zhuàng old but vigorous (idiom) / hale and hearty despite the years syn
三十而立 sān shí ér lì thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
积年 積年 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age syn
老皇历 老皇曆 lǎo huáng lì (lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle syn
笄 jī 15 years old / hairpin for bun
年逾古稀 nián yú gǔ xī over seventy years old syn
豆蔻年华 豆蔻年華 dòu kòu nián huá (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old / early teens / adolescence syn
隔年皇历 隔年皇曆 gé nián huáng lì lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
嵗 suì variant of 歲|岁, year / years old
年事已高 nián shì yǐ gāo old in years syn
年已蹉跎 nián yǐ cuō tuó the years have already gone by / to be too old
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
陈米 陳米 chén mǐ old rice / rice kept for many years
农友 農友 nóng yǒu our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer
大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) syn
岭南 嶺南 lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn
五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
四更 sì gēng fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn
甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
羜 zhù five-month-old lamb
一更 yī gēng first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
初更 chū gēng first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
摩西五经 摩西五經 mó xī wǔ jīng the Pentateuch / the five books of Moses in the Old Testament
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
青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn
三年 sān nián three years
近年来 近年來 jìn nián lái for the past few years syn
岁月 歲月 suì yuè years / time syn
百年 bǎi nián hundred years / century / lifetime syn
四年 sì nián four years
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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