返老还童 — Chinese idiom
返老还童
fǎn lǎo huán tóng
Traditional: 返老還童
Meaning
- to recover one's youthful vigor
- to feel rejuvenated
Character by character
- 返fǎnto restore, to return, to revert to
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 还huánalso, besides; still, yet; to return
- 童tóngchild, boy; servant boy; virgin
Idioms sharing a character
- 无功而返 wú gōng ér fǎn
- 积重难返 jī zhòng nán fǎn
- 迷不知返 mí bù zhī fǎn
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 告老还乡 gào lǎo huán xiāng
- 天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo
- 宝刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo
- 宝刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
- 年老力衰 nián lǎo lì shuāi
- 年老体弱 nián lǎo tǐ ruò
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