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 |
白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
白头 |
bái tóu |
hoary head / old age |
头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
偕 |
xié |
in company with |
偕老 |
xié lǎo |
to grow old together |
老 |
lǎo |
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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |