mào dié zhī nián

耄耋之年 (mào dié zhī nián) is a Chinese word meaning “old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more)”.

Meanings

  1. 1old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more)

Characters in 耄耋之年

耄mào · extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s)耋dié · aged之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])年nián · year

Related words

年year年grain年surname Nian之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid年轻young之一one of (sth)之类and so on去年last year今年this year

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