treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
trad. 寶刀未老
Also written 寶刀未老【bǎo dāo wèi lǎo】
Characters in this word
4宝
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variant of 寶|宝[bao3]
- Pinyin
- bǎo
- Traditional
- 寳
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 9487 of 2500
刀
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surname Dao
- Pinyin
- Dāo
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1717 of 2500
未
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not yet, did not, have not, not, 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep, ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1534 of 2500
老
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500