Chinese

Noun

童顏

1. youthful face of an old person
   • 遇一老人，碧眼童顏，手執藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遇一老人，碧眼童颜，手执藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
     From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 1

     Yù yī lǎorén, bìyǎn tóngyán, shǒu zhí lízhàng. [Pinyin]

     He came across an old man, who had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a fat-hen walking stick.

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