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白头偕老
bái tóu xié lǎo
Pinyin
Definition
白头偕老
-
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
Character Decomposition
白
白
头
大
⺀
偕
亻
比
白
老
老
Related Words
(20)
明白
míng bai
1
clear
2
obvious
3
unequivocal
4
to understand
5
to realize
白
Bái
1
surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
1
daytime
2
during the day
3
day
4
CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
1
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
1
white
2
fig. reactionary
3
anti-communist
老
lǎo
1
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
2
old (of people)
3
venerable (person)
4
experienced
5
of long standing
6
always
7
all the time
8
of the past
9
very
10
outdated
11
(of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
1
(coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
1
(coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
1
mother
2
mom
老子
Lǎo zǐ
1
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
2
the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
老家
lǎo jiā
1
native place
2
place of origin
3
home state or region
老师
lǎo shī
1
teacher
2
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
老板
lǎo bǎn
1
variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
老爸
lǎo bà
1
father
2
dad
中老年
zhōng lǎo nián
1
middle and old age
偕老
xié lǎo
1
to grow old together
古老
gǔ lǎo
1
ancient
2
old
3
age-old
告白
gào bái
1
to announce publicly
2
to explain oneself
3
to reveal one's feelings
4
to confess
5
to declare one's love
回老家
huí lǎo jiā
1
to go back to one's roots
2
to return to one's native place
3
by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
坦白
tǎn bái
1
honest
2
forthcoming
3
to confess
Idioms
(20)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
1
perfectly clean
2
blameless
3
unimpeachable (idiom)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
1
lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
2
fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
1
lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
2
fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
1
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
2
fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
3
sandwich generation
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
1
not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
1
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
2
not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
1
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
2
not to distinguish between right and wrong
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
1
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
1
as bright as daylight (idiom)
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
1
to play the role of the villain (idiom)
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
1
until the end of time (idiom)
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
1
lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
2
fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
3
the old man still has it
宝刀未老
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
1
treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
1
old and weak (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
1
old and weak (idiom)
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
1
evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
1
to pretend not to know (idiom)
敬老尊贤
jìng lǎo zūn xián
1
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
1
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
2
also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
活到老,学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
1
One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
Sample Sentences
白头偕老。就是祝他们相爱到老的意思。
báitóuxiélǎo 。jiùshì zhù tāmen xiāng ài dào lǎo de yìsi 。
''Live to a ripe old age in marital bliss." It means you wish them love until they are old.
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白头偕老, 白头偕老。记住了。
báitóuxiélǎo , báitóuxiélǎo 。jìzhu le 。
''Live to a ripe old age in marital bliss. Live to a ripe old age in marital bliss." I've got it.
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