(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions
trad. 白頭偕老
Also written 白頭偕老【bái tóu xié lǎo】
Characters in this word
4白
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Bai, Bai ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Bái
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1993 of 2500
头
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
偕
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
in company with
- Pinyin
- xié
- Strokes
- 11
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old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough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