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老態龍鍾

简老态龙钟 · 繁老態龍鍾

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo tài lóng zhōng

(idiom) doddering; senile

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
態: Look up this written character
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态: tài · manner, bearing, attitude
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor
钟: zhōng · clock; bell

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3–4–2–1 · lao3 tai4 long2 zhong1

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(idiomatic) old and doddering

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