碧眼童顏

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See also: 碧眼童颜

Chinese

FWOTD – 1 July 2017

		green eyes	youthful face of an old person
trad. (碧眼童顏)		碧眼	童顏
simp. (碧眼童颜)		碧眼	童颜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìyǎntóngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ ngaan⁵ tung⁴ ngaan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìyǎntóngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìyǎntóngyán
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-yen³-tʻung²-yen²
  - Yale: bì-yǎn-túng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyeantorngyan
  - Palladius: бияньтунъянь (bijanʹtunʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ ngaan⁵ tung⁴ ngaan⁴
  - Yale: bīk ngáahn tùhng ngàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ ngaan⁵ tung⁴ ngaan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ ngan⁵ tung⁴ ngan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ tʰʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹/

Idiom

碧眼童顏

Describes a person who is old, but still has a youthful face.
- 遇一老人，碧眼童顏，手執藜杖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  遇一老人，碧眼童颜，手执藜杖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Yù yī lǎorén, bìyǎntóngyán, shǒu zhí lízhàng.
  He came across an old man; the old man had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a walking stick fashioned from the hardened stalk of a goosefoot plant.

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