时 代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] 年 龄 nián líng (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] 年 代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] 年 纪 nián jì age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] 衰 老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak 世 代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age 一 世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) 老 化 lǎo huà to age (of person or object) / becoming old 年 华 nián huá years / time / age 岁 数 suì shu age (number of years old) 变 老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 年 岁 nián suì years of age / age 口 齿 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) 年 事 nián shì years of age / age 芳 龄 fāng líng age (of a young woman) 代 to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon 世 life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble 陈 化 chén huà to age / to mature (wine, timber etc) 纪 order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle 龄 age / length of experience, membership etc 寿 long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary 庚 age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta 现 代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era 大 哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss 老 大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang 信 息 化 xìn xī huà informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization) 当 代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era 从 小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age 中 年 zhōng nián middle age 春 秋 chūn qiū spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) 阿 姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] 老 年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years 年 限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years 大 叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) 新 时 代 xīn shí dài new age 盛 世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age 小 将 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) 兄 长 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age 今 世 jīn shì this life / this age 现 年 xiàn nián (a person's) current age 石 器 时 代 Shí qì Shí dài Stone Age 伯 母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] 年 龄 段 nián líng duàn age group 终 年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death 信 息 时 代 xìn xī shí dài information age 白 头 bái tóu hoary head / old age 同 龄 人 tóng líng rén peer / one's contemporary / person of the same age 同 龄 tóng líng of the same age 中 老 年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age 当 世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 黄 金 时 代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age 阿 哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother 世 世 shì shì from age to age 适 龄 shì líng of age / of the appropriate age 育 龄 yù líng childbearing age 新 丁 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice 享 年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of 老 龄 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged 不 惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age 退 休 年 龄 age at retirement 反 哺 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor 白 头 偕 老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part 早 衰 zǎo shuāi to age prematurely / premature senescence 寿 终 正 寝 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life 而 立 之 年 ér lì zhī nián the age of 30 学 龄 xué líng school age 大 姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) 老 气 横 秋 lǎo qì héng qiū old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom) 惊 风 jīng fēng infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) 结 发 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age 暮 年 mù nián one's declining years / old age 老 态 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age 秋 霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age 婚 龄 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 成 人 礼 chéng rén lǐ coming of age ceremony 高 寿 gāo shòu longevity / venerable age / your venerable age? 未 老 先 衰 wèi lǎo xiān shuāi to age prematurely 晚 育 wǎn yù late childbirth / to have a child at a later age 垂 老 chuí lǎo approaching old age 忘 年 交 wàng nián jiāo friends despite the difference in age 陈 迹 chén jì past events / relics from a former age / ruins 虚 岁 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) &ndash / In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 党 龄 dǎng líng party standing / age of service to the Party 宝 刀 未 老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo treasure knife does not age (idiom) / old but still vigorous 半 老 徐 娘 bàn lǎo xú niáng middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 危 境 wēi jìng dangerous situation / venerable old age 叶 落 归 根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. 贵 庚 guì gēng your age (honorific) 冰 期 bīng qī glacial epoch / ice age 积 年 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age 破 瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64 女 大 不 中 留 nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom) 鼎 盛 期 dǐng shèng qī flourishing age / golden age 垂 暮 之 年 chuí mù zhī nián old age 思 春 期 sī chūn qī age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex / puberty 齯 teeth grown in old age 徐 娘 半 老 xú niáng bàn lǎo middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 白 头 到 老 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part 皓 首 苍 颜 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom) / decrepit old age 老 大 徒 伤 悲 lǎo dà tú shāng bēi vain regrets of old age (idiom)
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