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耳順之年

简耳顺之年 · 繁耳順之年

Mandarin · pinyin ěr shùn zhī nián

(idiom) 60 years old

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耳: ěr · ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128
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之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
顺: shùn · obey, submit to, go along with

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3–4–1–2 · er3 shun4 zhi1 nian2

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(literary) sixty years old; age of 60

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