马齿徒增 — Chinese idiom
马齿徒增
mǎ chǐ tú zēng
Traditional: 馬齒徒增
Meaning
- (self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything
Character by character
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 齿chǐteeth; gears, cogs; age
- 徒túdisciple, follower; only, merely; in vain
- 增zēngto increase; to expand; to augment; to add
Idioms sharing a character
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- 人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān
- 人喊马嘶 rén hǎn mǎ sī
- 人困马乏 rén kùn mǎ fá
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn
- 北叟失马 běi sǒu shī mǎ
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