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百年偕老
bǎi​nián​xié​lǎo

to have a long happy marriage

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 百年 bǎi​nián
    lifetime
    a person's whole life; for one's entire lifetime
  2. 偕老 xié​lǎo
    to grow old together
    (literary) for a husband and wife to live together for a lifetime until old age; often used in the idiom 白头偕老 bái​tóu​xié​lǎo