mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng

to have aged in vain

马齿徒增 馬齒徒增 mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng
to have aged in vain
a self-deprecating expression used to describe having grown old without accomplishing anything; literally "one's horse teeth have merely increased"

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