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人老珠黄
rén​lǎo​zhū​huáng

past one's prime

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
人老珠黄 人老珠黃 rén​lǎo​zhū​huáng
past one's prime
(of a woman) to have lost one's youthful beauty, like a pearl that has yellowed with age and lost its value; (more generally) to be old and no longer useful or valued

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