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皓首蒼顏

简皓首苍颜 · 繁皓首蒼顏

Mandarin · pinyin hào shǒu cāng yán

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
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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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hou6 sau2 cong1 ngaan4

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