黃髮兒齒

Chinese

		old person; the old; the elderly	new tooth of an elderly person that grows back
trad. (黃髮兒齒)		黃髮	兒齒
simp. (黄发儿齿)		黄发	儿齿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huángfà'érchǐ, huángfǎ'érchǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: huángfà'érchǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangfaherlchyy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huángfà'érchǐh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɑŋ³⁵ fä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: huángfǎ'érchǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangfaaerlchyy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huángfǎ'érchǐh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɑŋ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

黃髮兒齒

(literary) to be old and long-lived
- 宜大夫庶士、邦國是有。既多受祉、黃髮兒齒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  宜大夫庶士、邦国是有。既多受祉、黄发儿齿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Yí dàfū shù shì, bāngguó shì yǒu. Jì duō shòu zhǐ, huángfà'érchǐ. [Pinyin]
  With his excellent ministers and all his [other] officers.
  Our region and State shall he hold,
  Thus receiving many blessings,
  To hoary hair, and with teeth ever renewed like a child's.

Related terms

黃髮鮐背／黄发鲐背 (huángfàtáibèi)

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