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人老珠黃
rén​lǎo​zhū​huáng

past one's prime

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人老珠黄/ 人老珠黃 rén​lǎo​zhū​huáng past one's prime

(of a woman) to have lost one's youthful beauty, like a pearl that has yellowed with age and lost its value; (more generally) to be old and no longer useful or valued

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