宝刀不老 — Chinese idiom
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
Traditional: 寶刀不老
Meaning
- lit. a good sword always remains sharp
- fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
- the old man still has it
Character by character
- 宝bǎotreasure, jewel; rare, precious
- 刀dāoknife; old coin; measure
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
Idioms sharing a character
- 奇珍异宝 qí zhēn yì bǎo
- 宝刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
- 宝马香车 bǎo mǎ xiāng chē
- 文房四宝 wén fáng sì bǎo
- 无价之宝 wú jià zhī bǎo
- 珠光宝气 zhū guāng bǎo qì
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
- 借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén
- 两肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo
- 两面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo
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