(idiom) to tarnish one's reputation in later life; to lose prestige at a later stage
trad. 晚節不保
Also written 晚節不保【wǎn jié bù bǎo】
Characters in this word
4晚
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evening, night, late
- Pinyin
- wǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1394 of 2500
节
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- Pinyin
- jiē
- Traditional
- 節
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5872 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
保
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Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])
- Pinyin
- Bǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8049 of 2500