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沈腰潘鬓
shěn​yāo​pān​bìn

physically weak and aging

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
沈腰潘鬓 沈腰潘鬢 shěn​yāo​pān​bìn
physically weak and aging
(literary) describes a man's wasting health and graying hair. The phrase references 沈约 shěn​yuē, who became thin from illness, and 潘岳 pān​yuè, whose hair turned white at a young age.

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