徐娘半老 xúniángbànlǎo fading beauty Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 徐娘 xúniáng attractive middle-aged woman a woman of middle age who still retains her charm; a faded beauty; often used in the phrase 徐娘半老 xúniángbànlǎo半 bàn adverbadjective partly partly; about half; halfway; incomplete or not fully老 lǎo adjective old old; aged; (of people) venerable