上了年纪
shàng​le​nián​jì

to be getting on in years

  • created sense approved 上了年纪/上了年紀 · shàng​le​nián​jì · to be getting on in years — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上了年纪 / 上了年紀

    shàng​le​nián​jì

    to be getting on in years

    To be elderly; to be of the older generation.

    上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 了 (literal) → 了 · le · [aspect marker] 年纪 (literal) → 年纪/年紀 · nián​jì · age

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense