沈腰 shěnyāo slender waist Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 沈腰潘鬓 shěnyāopānbìn physically weak and aging (literary) describes a man's wasting health and graying hair. The phrase references [[沈约|沈約|shen3 yue1]], who became thin from illness, and [[潘岳|潘岳|pan1 yue4]], whose hair turned white at a young age.
