七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇

Chinese
seventy; 70 tile
 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 frost eighty not; no unusual; extraordinary; strange
simp. and trad.
(七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇)		 七十 瓦 上 霜 ， 八十 不 稀奇
Literally: “at seventy the tiles have frost on them, [but don't worry,] eighty isn't that unusual”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄕˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄤ, ㄅㄚ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí
      • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄕˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄤ, ㄅㄚ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧˊ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishy woa shanq shuang, bashy bu shichyi
      • IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

Idiom

七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇

  1. despite signs of aging, there's still life left to live

See also
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