(idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)
trad. 長命百歲
Also written 長命百歲【cháng mìng bǎi suì】
Characters in this word
4长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
命
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life, fate, order or command, to assign a name, title etc
- Pinyin
- mìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1561 of 2500
百
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surname Bai
- Pinyin
- Bǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 14161 of 2500
岁
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variant of 歲|岁[sui4], year, years old
- Pinyin
- suì
- Traditional
- 嵗
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 557 of 2500