駐顏有術

简 驻颜有术 · 繁 駐顏有術
Cantonese · source Jyutpingzyu3 ngaan4 jau5 seot6

Meanings

  1. to have a recipe for eternal youth
  2. to maintain a young look; (be) skilled in making oneself look youthful; to look young
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Same syllable, six tones

ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose
seot率seot1model for othersseot2—seot3—seot4—seot5—术seot6method

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhu4 yan2 you3 shu4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity駐顏有術 驻颜有术 [zhu4 yan2 you3 shu4] {zyu3 ngaan4 jau5 seot6} /to have a recipe for eternal youth / to maintain a young look; (be) skilled in making oneself look youthful; to look young/

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