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白頭偕老

简白头偕老 · 繁白頭偕老

Mandarin · pinyin bái tóu xié lǎo

(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions

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2–2–2–3 · bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3

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baak6 tau4 gaai1 lou5

Cantonese word readings for 白頭偕老. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

baak6 tau4 gaai1 lou5

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to live together till old age; to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss (until death do us part); to remain happily married to a ripe old age