白首齐眉 — Chinese idiom
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
Traditional: 白首齊眉
Meaning
- (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect
Character by character
- 白báiwhite; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 齐qíeven, uniform, of equal length
- 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
Idioms sharing a character
- 一清二白 yī qīng èr bái
- 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái
- 不明不白 bù míng bù bái
- 两鬓斑白 liǎng bìn bān bái
- 平白无故 píng bái wú gù
- 恶叉白赖 è chā bái lài
- 数黑论白 shǔ hēi lùn bái
- 白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā
- 白旄黄钺 bái máo huáng yuè
- 白眉赤眼 bái méi chì yǎn
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