人老珠黄
rén​lǎo​zhū​huáng

past one's prime

  • created sense approved 人老珠黄/人老珠黃 · rén​lǎo​zhū​huáng · past one's prime — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · old 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl 黄 (literal) → 黄/黃 · huáng · yellow

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

    created sense