1 qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)
1 to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)
断袖之癖
duàn xiù zhī pǐ
1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
童叟无欺
tóng sǒu wú qī
1 cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
2 Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
童言无忌
tóng yán wú jì
1 children's words carry no harm (idiom)
返老还童
fǎn lǎo huán tóng
1 to recover one's youthful vigor
2 to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
金童玉女
jīn tóng yù nu:3
1 lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom)
2 attendants of the Daoist immortals
3 fig. lovely young children
4 a golden couple
5 (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
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