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返老還童

简返老还童 · 繁返老還童

Mandarin · pinyin fǎn lǎo huán tóng

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3–3–2–2 · fan3 lao3 huan2 tong2

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faan2 lou5 waan4 tung4

Cantonese word readings for 返老還童. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(idiomatic) to recover one's youthful vigour; to become young again; to become rejuvenated in one's old age