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碧眼童顏
碧眼童顏
See also:
碧眼童颜
Chinese
green jade; bluish green; blue
green jade; bluish green; blue; jade
eye
youthful
face
of an
old
person
trad.
(
碧眼童顏
)
碧
眼
童顏
simp.
(
碧眼童颜
)
碧
眼
童颜
Idiom
碧眼童顏
describes a person who is old, but still has a youthful face
c.
1330 - 1400:
Luo Guanzhong
,
Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 1
遇
一
老人
,
碧眼童顏
,
手
執
藜杖
He came across an old man; the old man had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a walking stick fashioned from the hardened stalk of a
goosefoot
plant.
References
“碧眼童顏”, in
Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典)
(in Mandarin), accessed
2008-01-03
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
bì yǎn tóngyán
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
bì yǎn tóngyán
Zhuyin
:
ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
bih yean tongryan
IPA
(key)
:
/pi⁵¹ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
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