兩鬢斑白

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	temples; hair on the temples	grizzled; graying
trad. (兩鬢斑白)		兩	鬢	斑白
simp. (两鬓斑白)		两	鬓	斑白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎngbìnbānbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢ ㄅㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngbìnbānbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngbìnbanbái
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-pin⁴-pan¹-pai²
    • Yale: lyǎng-bìn-bān-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangbinnbanbair
    • Palladius: лянбиньбаньбай (ljanbinʹbanʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pin⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

兩鬢斑白

1. to have grey hair at the temples; to be old-aged or have overworked oneself