七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇

Chinese
seventy; 70 tile
 
up; on; on top
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
trad. (七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇) 七十 瓦 上 霜 ， 八十 不 稀奇
simp. #(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)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí
      • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄕˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄤ , ㄅㄚ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: cishíh wǎ shàng shuang, bashíh bù sicí
      • Wade–Giles: chʻi1-shih2 wa3 shang4 shuang1, pa1-shih2 pu4 hsi1-chʻi2
      • Yale: chī-shŕ wǎ shàng shwāng-, bā-shŕ bù syī-chí
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishyr woa shanq shuang, bashyr bu shichyi
      • Palladius: циши ва шан шуан, баши бу сици (ciši va šan šuan, baši bu sici)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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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