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白髮蒼蒼

简 白发苍苍 · 繁 白髮蒼蒼
Mandarin · pinyin bái fà cāng cāng

Meanings

  1. old and gray-haired
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Characters in this entry

白
bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
髮
fà · fǎ · hair
蒼
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发
fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
苍
cāng · blue; green
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2–4–1–1 · bai2 fa4 cang1 cang1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) hoary; white-haired

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