寶刀未老

寶刀未老

See also: 宝刀未老

Chinese

		rare or expensive sword or dagger	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1-3 pm	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (寶刀未老)		寶刀	未	老
simp. (宝刀未老)		宝刀	未	老
Literally: “the treasure sword has not aged”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎodāowèilǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠ ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² dou¹ mei⁶ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎodāowèilǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠ ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baodauweylao
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² dou¹ mei⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: bóu dōu meih lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dou¹ mei⁶ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² dou¹ méi⁶ lou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²² lou̯¹³/

Idiom

寶刀未老

1. (especially when referring to an aged individual) old but still got it; as vigorous and active as before