皓首苍颜 — Chinese idiom
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
Traditional: 皓首蒼顏
Meaning
- white hair and gray sunken cheeks ; decrepit old age
Character by character
- 皓hàobright, luminous; clear; hoary
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 苍cāngdark blue; deep green; old, hoary
- 颜yánface, facial appearance
Idioms sharing a character
- 皓齿朱唇 hào chǐ zhū chún
- 蛾眉皓齿 é méi hào chǐ
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
- 俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài
- 昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
- 昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù
- 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi
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