皓首蒼顏

简 皓首苍颜 · 繁 皓首蒼顏
Mandarin · pinyin hào shǒu cāng yán

Meanings

  1. white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
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皓
hào · bright, luminous; clear; hoary
首
shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
蒼
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顏
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苍
cāng · blue; green
颜
yán · face, facial appearance
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4–3–1–2 · hao4 shou3 cang1 yan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou6 sau2 cong1 ngaan4

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hou6 sau2 cong1 ngaan4

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皓首蒼顏 · hao4 shou3 cang1 yan2
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Exact source record皓首蒼顏 皓首苍颜 [hao4 shou3 cang1 yan2] /white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age/