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马齿徒增
mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng

to have aged in vain

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 马齿 馬齒 mǎ​chǐ
    one's age
    a humble way of referring to one's own age, as in the phrase 马齿徒增 mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng
  2. 徒 tú
    merely
    merely; only; simply
  3. 增 zēng verb
    to increase
    (bound form) to increase; to add; to augment