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Chinese
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
| trad. (食老)
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食
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老
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| simp. #(食老)
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食
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老
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| alternative forms
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噍老
吃老
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Pronunciation
Noun
食老
- (Southern Min) old age
Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板秦世美全歌》, volume 4, 潮州 : 李萬利, page 3v:
食老有日柴免擔
食老有日柴免担 - ziah8 lao6 u6 rig8 ca5 miêng2 dan1
- in old age there will come a day when will not need to carry wood
Synonyms
- 夕陽 / 夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
- 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 晚年 (wǎnnián)
- 暮年 (mùnián)
- 白頭 / 白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
- 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
- 老年 (lǎonián)
- 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
- 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
- 遲暮 / 迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
- 餘年 / 余年 (yúnián)
Derived terms