| 长命百岁 |
cháng mìng bǎi suì |
(idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity) |
| 长 |
cháng |
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 命 |
mìng |
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |
| 百 |
Bǎi |
surname Bai |
| 百 |
bǎi |
hundred / numerous / all kinds of |
| 岁 |
suì |
variant of 岁, year / years old |
| 岁 |
suì |
classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) |