寶刀未老

See also: 宝刀未老

Chinese

		rare or expensive sword or dagger	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎodāowèilǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠ ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎodaowèilǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-tao¹-wei⁴-lao³
    • Yale: bǎu-dāu-wèi-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baodauweylao
    • Palladius: баодаовэйлао (baodaovɛjlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² dou¹ mei⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: bóu dōu meih lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dou¹ mei⁶ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² dou¹ méi⁶ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²² lou̯¹³/

Idiom

寶刀未老

1. old but still got it; as vigorous and active as before; just as skilled as when one was young

Synonyms

• 寶刀不老／宝刀不老 (bǎodāobùlǎo)